ALA The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds LIS Educators in Virtual Worlds "Creating Professionalizing Experiences for MLIS Students in Second Life" Diane Nahl March 5, 2010

1. Creating Professionalizing Experiences for MLIS Students in Second Life Diane Nahl Adra Letov in SL nahl@hawaii.edu University of HawaiiLibrary and Information Science Program ALA: The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds March 5, 2010 ISFM in SLSaturn V by Dimitri Doctorow and Jimbo Perhaps

2. Virtual World Factoid Gartner group predicts by 2011 80% of Internet users will be in a virtual world. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 2

3. 100+ Active Kid Virtual Worlds ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 3

5. Worldwide nearly 200 million young adults.ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 4

7. 2003 opened to the public (Linden Labs)

8. 17 million worldwide registered users 2009

9. 55-80,000 online at any time

10. Has events; immersive history, literature, art, and science sites; lands of different forms; shopping malls, homes, live music, sports; mainstream businesses, government agencies, schools, universities, museums, libraries, and moreALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 5

12. The more actively people engage with a learning environment the more they learn

13. Immersive learning environments are infused with information, virtual 3-D places embody information

14. Participants “go inside the subject”

15. Exploring, sharing, and co-constructing immersive environments with others enhances co-presence, deepens learning and enriches perspectiveALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 6

17. Gaining cumulative virtual world experience

18. Librarians are leading their institutions in the educational applications of VW technology in subject courses, distance learning, recruitment, and providing greater access

19. Collaborating with faculty at the forefront of VW education

20. Creating useful services, tools, and activities in a novel information environment

21. Developing creativity as a resource for innovation

22. Professional development, worldwide collaborationALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 7

23. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 8 Professional Meetings and Events

25. UCLA, Stanford, University of Texas, and many others

26. Kansas State Library, St. Olathe Public Library, and many others

27. Sun Microsystems, IBM, NOAA, and many others

28. Creating Themed ‘Born-Inworld’ Libraries

29. H.G.Wells Library, Jules Verne Library, Biblioteque Francophone, +

30. Rachelvillelibrary of children’s literature, Illumination Library, +

31. Forming Professional Interest Groups (a mere few)

32. Librarians of Second Life [1,400+ members]

33. Second Life Library 2.0 [2,200+ members]

34. LIS Student Union [100+ members]ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 9

35. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 10 L I B R A R I E S

36. The Reference Desk ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 11

38. Caledon, Renaissance Island, Human Trafficking Exhibit, and more

39. Creating and providing orientation and instruction for SL users, especially new users, educators, librarians, library staff, and students in all disciplines

40. The Learning Curve

41. The Learning Lab

42. The Virtual Learning Library

43. Teaching professional development courses, producing and presenting at in-world, online and RL conferences

44. UIUC workshops

45. VWBPE, College & Career Fairs, ALA SLymposium,Educause, and moreALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 12

46. The Learning CurveInteractive Orientation Path: 10 Basic VW Skills ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 13

48. Book talks, author events, discussions on current issues, writing contests, commemorations, photo contests, magazine articles, concerts, themed exhibits and celebrations, memorials, reference service, etc.

49. Creating Interactive Information Objects

50. Subject guides, resource collections, educational objects, exhibits and events, linking to fulltext books and Websites

51. Creating Innovative Information Objects

52. Virtual Book Experience, walk-in, multimedia, immersive books and exhibits

53. Farenheit451, Goldilocks, Human Trafficking Exhibit

54. Creating Information Sharing Tools

55. Interactive information givers, slide viewers, notifiers, statistics counters, readable books, skill games, and more.ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 14

57. Second Life virtual world platform

58. Parcel and building on Info Island

59. Space in a building on University of Hawaii System Island

60. Professionalizing focus

61. Producing professional events, subject guides, and exhibits for the library community of the Info Islands

62. Collaborating with professional organizations, librarians, and MLIS students in other programs

63. Acquiring collaborative skills, VW building and creation skills, communication and marketing skills, content presentation skills, and participant observerskills

64. Integrates Web 2.0 cloud computing

65. Course Google group & Google documents for collaborative work; Flickr photo archive; YouTubemachinima archive; Website archiveALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 15

66. Google Group & Google Documents ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 16

67. Flickr& Sloog ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 17

68. YouTubeMachinima& Website ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 18

69. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 19 Research Presentations SUBJECT COLLECTIONS Historical Clothing in Second Life Buddhism in Second Life Landscapes in Second Life

70. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 20 Class Photo Research Presentations

72. Establishing professional mentoring relationships

73. ALA, ACRL, SLA

74. Alliance Virtual Library System (AVL)

75. IFLA

76. Librarians and libraries in SL

77. SJSU, NC and Simmons studentsALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 21

78. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 22 LIS 694 Students Planning and Producing Professional Events for AVL, SLA and ACRL

80. AVL LIS Career Fair with speaker programs and booths

81. ALA Banned Books Week program with Dr. Rebecca Knuth

82. AVL Hot Topics Panel with Bill Sowers and Dr. Leon James

83. SLA Buzz Session Panel with Dr. Andrew Wertheimer, Ben Hoganson, Chris NelsonandCindy Hill

84. ACRL Information Literacy and Web 2.0 Panel with Robin Ashcroft, Esther Grassian, Beth Kraemer, Sheila Webber, and Marsha Schnirring

85. AVL 50th Anniversary of Statehood Event and Exhibit with Professor Dan BoylanALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 23

86. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 24 SL Students & Librarians Learning Together

88. Parcel and building donated byLori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Virtual Library System

89. Home base for all LIS students, near main Reference Desk, the Learning Curve, and SJSU

90. Meeting space and presentation area for LIS students

91. Sandbox for LISSU members

92. LISSU Collections

93. LIS Career Collection

94. LIS student collection projects from SL field research

95. Free Educational Tools (presentation viewers, speaker assistants, building tools, etc.)ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 25

96. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 26 LIS Student Union onInfo Island International

97. ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 27 Student-Built LISSU on Info Island International

99. Sloog

100. Create Subject Guides in SL via Tagging places, Searchable, Teleports from Webhttp://www.sloog.org/avatars/id/Adra-Letov/places

101. Flickr

102. Documenting learning events and places visitedhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lis-students-sl/sets/

103. Website

104. Archiving in-world activitieshttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/studentunion/lis-su.html

105. YouTubeChannel http://www.youtube.com/LISstudentunionSL

106. SLURL:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/74/233/32ALA Future is Now, March 5, 2010 D. Nahl 28

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