Virtual Worlds Interest Group

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Charge: An opportunity for academic librarians with virtual world interests and responsibilities to have a place in ACRL to network, share information, ask questions, and work on special projects and programs relevant to academic libraries.
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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