Usually if people ask me if I’ll run a book discussion, I fly away as fast as my wings can carry me…but now I’m signed up to lead one about On Beauty by Zadie Smith. I’ve been sucked right in (or should I say, “engaged by”) the new Book Flower bed in the Readers’ Garden [...]

Tom Peters writes about library architecture in Second Life. It seems we humans can’t quite leave our First Life comforts completely behind when we first venture into virtual worlds. Why do we even need buildings in SL he asks… Read the full article.

Last night around 7pm in Western Australia I was: in Second Life on ABC Island watching a streamed broadcast of an ABC Four Corners program about Second Life, YouOnly Live Twice waiting one and a half hours for the program to be broadcast on my tele sitting next to some people who were watching the [...]

It seems that Four Corners (ABC Monday 19th March 8.30pm) will be looking at Second Life. I saw it advertised on telly last night, but can’t find any information on the website.

Usually I don’t repost information that you can already find on the Second Life Libraries google group or Infoisland.com, but this one looked like a lot of fun. The time translates to 11am Friday March 16th for Perth people. Let the Buzz Begin! Library 3.0 – This is a weekly series of programs for librarians [...]

The slides from my talk about Second Life and libraries at the National Library, 14th February are up at slideshare.net: Flying Librarians of Oz:What’s all the fuss about Second Life and what’s it got to do with libraries?. Now – with new bonus features. It includes a series of slides with quotes from other librarians [...]

Often new visitors to the Australian Libraries Building will ask “how can I make money in Second Life?”. Well, now I have an answer…”spend an hour and a half dancing with a mob of librarians in PJS and bunny splippers, and be voted as having the best female costume”. There’s 500Linden dollars for that one. [...]

Today the software that runs the Virtual librariesinteract.info blog was upgraded to the latest version. As with any software installation or upgrade odd things may occur. If you notice anything odd please let us know by commenting on this point, or emailing us at librarian [at] librariesinteract.info.

Cybrary City has a party spot near the water and it is used every second Friday by a bunch of colourful dancing library avatars. The 1980′s radio station is streamed in as the music. It’s a great way to meet other Second Life Librarians informally and get a feel for the bunch. About 30 – [...]

Law librarian, James G Mills, now “gets” Second Life. He made a podcast while talking on Skype to Meg Kribble (whose Second Life name is Ann Idler). She gave him a guided tour of libraries and more in Second Life. If you are new to Second Life, it’s great to hear someone asking the questions [...]