On Friday we celebrated the start of the
Nebraska Library Commission ‘ s presence in
Second Life with an open house at our new building in the virtual world. During that afternoon over sixty avatars visited with NLC staff avatars in Second Life. Folks were welcomed to the building with refreshments, dancing on the roof, and a trivia quiz—prizes included. Attendees were also invited to have their avatar’s photo taken in front of a scenic Nebraska backdrop.
The
Library Commission building includes all types of information about what the NLC does here in Nebraska as well as an exhibit space outside and on the second floor highlighting the
Nebraska Memories digitization project. Visitors can get information about the state of Nebraska, receive a free NLC t-shirt, read up on Network Services staff’s favorite Second Life activities, and visit NLC statewide projects such as
NebraskAccess.
Friday afternoon visitors conversed about what their own institutions are doing in Second Life as well as NLC’s plans for their presence in world. We are currently working on plans now to provide a presentation in world for librarians and non-librarians alike about new technologies.
We hope you can stop by to visit the Nebraska Libray Commission in Second Life. For more information about the Open House take a look back at our
blog post from May 4th.
If you have questions about Second Life, please feel free to give us a call, post to our blog, email, IM or whatever you need to talk with us about this new environment and the possibilities for libraries within it. You may also want to listen to the archived presentation our Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers did along with Johnson and Wales University Reference Librarian, Rhonda Trueman, for the Sirsi Dynix Institute
“The Info Island Project on Second Life.” This provides a nice overview of Second Life and libraries within the environment.
