Part 1 Of 3 Seflin Second Life July 30 2009

nIcInnovation, Integration [email protected]

Second Life and your Library

developing services in the virtual world

SEFLIN New Technologies: Libraries and Beyond July 2008

Nicholas Cop

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Thanks to …..

www.alliancelibrarysystem.com

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Perspectives

Real World&

Virtual World

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Virtual Worlds• Teleconferences (sound)

- The “world” is the connected telephone network.

- Local, it is heard, not seen,

- Very little context

• Chat rooms (text) - The “world” is the space of

names that work in a “chat room” under a thematic stream of messages.

• Virtual Reference (text and/or video and sound).

Flicrk: www.flickr.com/photos/khardy/1603124412/Uploaded on October 17, 2007 by yuzu

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Virtual Worlds• Videoconferencing (text, sound,

video image)

- The “world” is the connected telecommunication network

- Locally the “world” is made of split images and voices on a screen.

- Brings more context to the meeting

• Virtual Reality (text, sound, world)

- The “world” is the graphic space created by a computer program.

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/hendry/167559172/Uploaded on June 15, 2006 by Kai Hendry

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/xemit/1442660112/ Uploaded on September 26, 2007 by ximenatapia

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Virtual Worlds

Virtual Realities

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/2290425731/

Uploaded on February 25, 2008 by Phillie Casablanca

“Real” RealitiesVirtual Realities

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Services in the Virtual World

www.quotationspage.com

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Michigan Library Consortium's monthly lecture series in Second Life

Virtual Worlds

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education

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Information services and Education

• Talks, courses, conferences, etc.

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Information Services

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Simulations

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