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This is a group for the users of the virtual reality environment "Second Life" to communicate and connect. Post information about collaboration ideas, questions, events, and meetings.

EventSpecial Summer TX950 Community Party on Imagination Island tonight 7/17 @ 6 PM SLT/PT

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 3:44pm

From Librarians in Second Life Group:

Join us under the sea on Imagination Island for dancing, dining, chatting, swimming, and fun! Costume contest - think mermaids, snorkels, and fins! Groovin' to oldies, ridin' with the tide and goin' with the flow :)

Friday July 17th at 6 PM SLT - Imagination Island

Exact Location: Rachelville, Imagination Island (80, 68, 1)

ImageUnder the Sea at TX950 on Imagination Island, July 17 2009

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 3:39pm

PostLibrary Rx: Measuring and Treating Library Anxiety -- Podcast at Member Lounge on ALA Island (79, 89, 29)

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 12:02pm

Visit the Member Lounge on ALA Island (79, 89, 29) to listen to the following podcast in-world. Click the general media button on the bottom right of the screen in order to hear it.

EventStrictly FYI -- FREEBIE HUNT July 14-21 @ World of Hogwarts RPG: Diagon Alley, Witchcraft (43, 40, 24)

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 11:04am

July 14-21 - World of Hogwarts is pleased to present the Half-Blood Prince Hunt in honor of the feature film "Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince". Come on down to Diagon Alley in your wizarding finest and hunt for Professor Snape's potion bottles to get freebies galore!

PostSecond Life & Virtual World-related programs @ 2009 ALA Annual Conference

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 1:42pm

From Virtual Presence Blog, http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=348

EventLibrary Buzz on Info Island Tonight at 5 pm PT/SLT: Discussion with ALA Island Avatars Kay Tairov and Oberon Octagon!

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 3:08pm

Second Life ALA Island avatars Kay Tairov and Oberon Octagon (Tina Coleman and Donavan Vicha, respectively) talk about the American Library Association and the upcoming 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (city of ALA headquarters). RSVP at the Facebook Event Page at http://ow.ly/eFcH

PostFYI -- See the ALA's newest READ posters on display at ALA Island

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 12:37pm

From the Virtual Presence Blog -- http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=338

As mentioned in the ALA Island I Love Libraries Library Showcase article–
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/news/libraryshowcase

PostNew on ALA Island for June 2009!

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 11:42am

The latest videos and podcast available “on demand” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on ALA Island –

PostLibrary Showcase at ILoveLibraries.org — ALA Island: A Community Information Center for Second Life from the American Library Association

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 11:06am

ALA's newly renovated I Love Libraries web site features ALA Island in its Library Showcase, starting today! As explained in the article –

PostACRL Members -- Help create the ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group!

by Valerie Hawkins (staff) on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 12:08pm

Hi, all! I’m sending this note on behalf of Rhonda Trueman, known in Second Life as Abbey Zenith.

This request concerns the continuation of activities and events in Second Life (SL) by ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL, a division of ALA <http://www.ala.org/acrl>), whose group is ACRL in SL.