Virtual Worlds Interest Group

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Charge: The Virtual Worlds Interest Group provides an opportunity for academic librarians with virtual environment interests and responsibilities to have a place in ACRL to network, share information, ask questions, and work on special projects, promote accessibility and provide programs relevant to academic libraries. The VW Interest Group also works to promote the various uses of virtual reality in all formats (desktop, mobile and headset) to potential and current academic librarians and to improve information literacy (metaliteracy) specifically in virtual spaces. The ACRL VWIG sponsors events, programs and meetings held mainly within the virtual world of Second Life and explores other developing Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality platforms in the evolving metaverse.
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ACRL Virtual World Interest Group Event Invitation

  • 1.  ACRL Virtual World Interest Group Event Invitation

    Posted Aug 07, 2012 08:58 AM

    You are invited to our monthly ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group meeting which will be a gridhopping event to a different virtual world.  "Gridhopping" is a term for jumping between virtual worlds. Heather Ebey, a Lecturer at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science will lead our tour. Her avatar name is Alexina Proctor.

    Name of Event: GridHop to Inworldz ( a virtual world library visit)
     

    Date:  Sunday, August12th 11am SLT - Pacific Time

    Where:  Meet at the Community Virtual Library in Second Life

    http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/13/84/24

    Before the meeting, it is suggested that you download the Imprudence Viewer to use for our trip to Inworldz at  http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/Imprudence:Downloads

    You could also create your Inworldz avatar at 

    http://inworldz.com/ 

    For more information, email alexina.proctor@gmail.com