News

Goodbye FLWVM Hello VMI: New name, same great people

Goodbye FLWVM Hello VMI: New name, same great people

The creative team (staff and board) of the former Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum (FLWVM) will be meeting after the first of the year to discuss and decide upon...

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It's A Wonderful Second Life!

It’s a Wonderful Second Life! By Abby Zenith Do you remember George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”?  it is a movie that is popular this time of year.  George lives a...

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Bringing Teens to Second Life’s Main Grid

Fresh off the SL News blog    (http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/) When we announced that we would be closing Teen Second Life and bringing our under-18 Residents to the Main Grid, we also made clear...

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An Island of Books

An Island of Books

There are many locations in Second Life that cater to the love of the written word. One worth special mention is Book Island. The owner, Selina Greene, is a former...

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Libraries

Knowing Where to Look

Knowing Where to Look

Chances are you heard that it was full of creative, interesting people eager to meet you!  But, now that you’re here, it seems empty!  Where are all of the people?   When...

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Virtual World Platform Support: Products and Services for Immersive Libraries:

Virtual World Platform Support: Products and Services for Immersive Libraries: the Library Technology Working Group

                                                             The idea for the Library Technology Working Group (LIB.TWG) within the Immersive Education Initiative (http://members.immersiveeducation.org/forum) emerged in 2008 from a recognition of the almost universal problem that academic libraries do...

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Winter Events

Trendy Topics Conferences 2011

Trendy Topics Conferences 2011

  LIS Online Career Fair Wednesday January 25, 2011 Sponsored by TAP Information...

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Simseeing 3D Quilts

 
Machinima by Clark Abismo

Book Review

What's the Alternative: career

What's the Alternative: career options for librarians and info pros

What's the Alternative? Career Options for Librarians and Info Pros Rachel Singer Gordon   As the global information economy grows, librarians who...

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