The library archipelago now consists of 13 islands: 8 Info Islands and 5 partners. An island is equivalent to about 65 500m2 and costs roughly USD900 to purchase and USD150 in monthly costs. Three new islands have been announced: ALA/Arts Island – half for the American Library Association and half for a replica European Opera [...]

There was a Second Life librarians’ staff meeting around noon our time today on Info Island. The minutes are here. There is a lot happening, but a few things stood out for me: HVX Silverstar is creating a machinima library, to include a basic “how to”. Librarians will be helping with a reconstruction of the [...]

I like having the title “Australian” above my head, so I joined the “Australians” SL group. I left the group last night after my chat box was flooded with IM’s from the group about partying and fun. Bah humbug – I was trying to have a conversation and all they wanted to do was party. [...]

SLOZ: Australia’s Second Life News Source reports that the University of Southern Queensland in conjunction with the Queensland Government now have an island in Second Life.

MMOs are Massively Multiplayer Online Games. For an MLIS class, library student Timothy Greig looked at how these could relate to a Digital Library. He’s posted the slides and notes to Flickr. He’s from Christchurch in New Zealand. It’s called What can digital libraries learn from Massively Multiplayer Online Games and pays particular attention to [...]

Came across this parody page of Second Life Home page via: Laughing Librarian. No more to say.

Remember way back…before gui browsers… when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation only had a couple of pages on its Internet site? (It looked nothing like the earliest archived page I can find – 23 October 1996) . When I was first trying to get libraries interested in this new-Internet-thingy, I would always show the ABC web [...]

At the ALA Mid-winter conference, Sirsi Dynix has announced that they will be sponsoring the two main islands in the Info Island Project on Second Life. This sponsorship will support Info Island, run by the Alliance Library System and the Teen Second Life space, headed by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.  Its [...]

Second Life is a clunky and crude kind of world, compared to most games. It is, however, a good place to learn how a library can “be” in a virtual world. We are still working out how to balance opening up access to our virtual services with appearing “real”. Take doors, for example. During a [...]

Mparntwe Gruntled has joined. In one of those typical SL moments, on his first visit he sat behind a deserted reference desk on Info Island…maybe to take a snapshot….and then answered query when someone materialised.