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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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Cybersecurity Exercises in a Virtual World

  • 1.  Cybersecurity Exercises in a Virtual World

    Posted Oct 05, 2018 04:50 PM
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    Cybersecurity is now essential to us all.  You are invited to join the Community Virtual Library in an immersive experience.

    VIRTUAL CYBERSECURITY EXERCISES with ACRL Virtual World Interest Group

    When: NOON Pacific Time Sunday October 21st

    Where: Community Virtual Library (Meeting space in Selby Park)
    https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/100/107/21

    Description
    Cybersecurity expert, Erik Moore, will guide participants through cybersecurity exercises to demonstrate learning digital citizenship (particularly Internet security) through immersive simulation.
    Open to all and sponsored by the ACRL Virtual World Interest Interest Group.
    (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-moore-6348a211/)

    Warm regards,

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    Valerie Hill
    Director
    Community Virtual Library
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