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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 VWIG tour of 3D virtual world library in Jokaydia

  • 1.  ACRL VWIG tour of 3D virtual world library in Jokaydia

    Posted Sep 23, 2012 04:46 PM
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    THE ACRL Virtual World Interest Group went on a second "gridhop" (jump from one virtual world to another) on Sept. 23, 2012.  Fifteen participants toured the Lifelong Learning Library in Jokaydia, which is an educational virtual world based in Australia.

    Photos and machinima video will be available soon.  A brief overview is discussed here: http://vhill.edublogs.org/2012/09/23/emerging-tech-trends-and-the-trough-of-disillusionment/

    On October 21st at noon Pacific Time, the ACRL VWIG plans an International Information Literacy panel with speakers from the US, the UK, Poland, Greece, and Australia. The event will be held in Second Life and invitations will be sent soon.