Text and Photos by BOOKIE BALOGH

A new resident of Cybrary City II is the Johnson & Wales Library, headed by Barbarathelibrarian Magic, who took over the building from Abbey Zenith and made modifications to further accommodate the educational needs of JW University.  Johnson & Wales' dean, Rosita Hopper, is very supportive of the use of technology within the educational program, and has been a stimulating force behind the creation of the JW Library in SL focusing on culinary resources.

The building itself is magical - transparent and open, with wonderful landscaping.  The catalog brings together the resources of all four Johnson & Wales campus libraries, and the library provides information literacy support for the university's students.  The first floor is devoted to culinary arts; the second to education and hospitality; and the third is a culinary herb garden and cooking garden.  Magic intends to add a fourth floor, which will be devoted to culinary history and education in the use of culinary herbs.

The culinary herb garden is delightful.  As a teaching tool, it offers innovative uses of the virtual environment.  Designed by Snow Scarmon, it allows the library user to click on each herb and receive a notecard defining and describing that herb.  All the plants on the third floor are edible, of course.

Barbarathelibrarian Magic sits on an orchid in the garden of the Johnson & Wales Library

According to Magic, the RL Johnson & Wales library is mostly print-oriented, but "we are beginning to [acquire] electronic books, so I can make links to them from the SL library."

The J&W library is a small jewel now added to the crown of Cybrary City II!

Johnson & Wales Library

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