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Presentation at the Queensland University Libraries Office of Communication event, Social Software in Libraries, Wednesday 9th October 2007.
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• Second Life
• Librarians
• Universities
• Murdoch University Library
Kathryn Greenhill,Murdoch University Library
October 2007Slides at: LibrariansMatter.com
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Who am I ?
Australian Libraries Building
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What is Second Life?
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A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents
MUVE : Multi User Virtual Environment
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Avatars
Islands
Buildings
Objects
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YES• Graphic, user controlled interface• Avatars• Inventory• Interact with environment• Interact with others
Isn’t it just a game ?
NO• No rules• No points• No strategy• No win/lose• No start and end
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Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move
What do you do Second Life ?
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Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script
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Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and
network• Events
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Librarians
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Information Archipelago
• April 2006 Shopfront
• Sept. 2006 2 islands
• February 2007 9 islands
• July 2007 Over 40 islands
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• Reference
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Outreach
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Collections
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• Classes and Seminars
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Universities
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Australian Universities
• USQ – Terra incognita
• QUT – Law Faculty
• RMIT
• AFTRS
• Monash
• Griffiths
• Murdoch
• (CSIRO and ABC)Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com
What are they doing?
• Presentations
• Teaching
• Conferences
• International Networking
• Showcasing University
• Replicating physical layout
• Showing new buildings
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Murdoch University Library
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Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life
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Murdoch University Open Day 2007
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http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc
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Murdoch University Island
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Delivered 28 Sept 2007
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ICT333 / TLC2776 studentsJob interview simulation
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Contact me.
Kathryn Greenhill
• Second life name: Emerald Dumont
• http://librariansmatter.com
• k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au
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