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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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Looking for examples of VR Libraries and virtual resources?

  • 1.  Looking for examples of VR Libraries and virtual resources?

    Posted Oct 10, 2022 08:51 PM
    Come join the ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group on a visit to a 3D model of the human brain!  When:  Wednesday Oct 19th at 9am Pacific Time.

    If you have questions about the Metaverse, the Community Virtual Library is a real library in virtual world.  Book a tour or come talk with librarians who work there.  There's even a haunted carnival with a special read-aloud scheduled for Sunday Oct 30th, 2022 at 11am Pacific Time.  Then click on this landmark to visit the library.
    a real library in a virtual world

     
    Where is this library in Second Life?  Download Second Life.   Then click on this landmark to visit the library.  Yes!  Second Life is still around and is considered original metaverse.  Librarians at CVL are exploring many other VR platforms across the evolving metaverse- both with and without VR headsets.

    Feel free to reply if you have questions.
    Regards,

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    Valerie Hill
    Director
    Community Virtual Library
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