Virtual Neighborhood, Real Community

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Virtual Neighborhood, Real Community

• Serving Community Needs
• in a Virtual World

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Well talk about

• Whither the Library?
• Patrons as Partners
• Local Networked Libraries
• MyNeighborhood Library
• Roleplay Research
• What Can the Library and the Librarian Do?
• The Toolkit

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Whither the Library?

• Info Island models Library services for a virtual
  world
• Interests virtual geography community
• Put the information where the work is being
  done
• Integrating library services into virtual world
  communities

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After Accidentally Deleting the Library
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Patrons as Partners

• Third Place
• Adult play

• Living Imaginative Lives
• Living Literate Lives

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BUT WAIT..

• Why do these specialized libraries matter, in a
  fully networked world?
• Conservation of effort, cognitive cost
• People look to close resources first
• People look to resources they know exist
• OR resources they can guess exist

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My Neighborhood Library

• This is in my neighborhood, this is my library
• Tailoring for the interests that define the
  community
• Focused Collections
• Theme-friendly services
• Look feel
• Conversation

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Roleplay Research

• This is my other life
• Support
• Respond
• Invite
• Deepen

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What can the Library the Librarian do?

• Be a Presence
• Weave the social fabric

• Grow with the community

• Community Events
• Local Guest Curators

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The Toolkit

• Built into SL Client or use LSL scripting
  language
• "URL loader Scripts
• Givers
• Suggestion box
• IM-to-Email
• Twitter box for SL
• Blog-HUD SL

• Outside of SL
• Community Forums
• SL History Wiki
• Community Events Calendar
• The Connolly Telegraph
• News of the 19th Century Grid
• Resident blogs YouTube
• Library Website
• Library Custom Search Engine
• Library Feedback Gatherers
• Tell us what you think
• Suggest a resource

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The Virtual Librarians Bag of Tricks
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URLs I Tools

• Twitter Box for SL
• http//ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/
• Twitter http//twitter.com/
• Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system
• http//bloghud.com/
• Caledon Library
• http//thelibrarymilitant.net/
• Custom Search Engine
• http//google.com/coop/cse?cx01533049979946661117
  53Aaf0xg9rscyg
• Feedback Gathering
• General -- http//caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/w
  hitehorn-memorial-library-feedback
• Suggest -- http//caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/s
  uggest-a-link-to-the-aether
• Detailed Suggest (for librarians) --
  http//caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-li
  brary-reference-links/

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URLs II Community

• Caledon Community Forums
• http//www.caledonforums.com/
• Caledon Community Calendar
• http//www.google.com/calendar/embed?srcgabrielle
  .riel40comcast.net
• SL History Wiki - Caledon
• http//www.slhistory.org/index.php/Independent_Sta
  te_of_Caledon
• Connolly Telegraph - The 19th Century Grid
• http//theconnollytelegraph.blogspot.com/
• YouTube resident reflections of the community
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vRRj3HNx8_wA
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjFaeyQqftS0
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vo57nvrgx-24
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v3C7deS8u4J8

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URLs III Residents

• Resident Blogs (Selected)
• http//ordinalmalaprop.com/engine
• http//gabrielleriel.blogspot.com
• http//redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com
• http//www.zenmondo.blogspot.com
• http//hiberniaskids.blogspot.com
• http//victorianaesthetic.blogspot.com
• http//oolonsputnik.blogspot.com
• Resident Blog Adventure Journey to 20,000
  Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island
• http//darklingmuse.wordpress.com/journey-to-20000
  -leagues-below-the-mysterious-island-all-chapter-l
  inks/

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Thank you!

• JJ Jacobson
• JJDrinkwater_at_gmail.com
• skype drinkwater.of.caledon