Talking, looking, flying, searching

My Second Life research project concluded with an end-of-term presentation within Second Life. My advisor, Michael Stephens, and two other avatars showed up to hear my research results and participate in discussion.
You can see my final presentation slides here.
This blog will continue to exist as a record of this project but I’ll no longer be [...]

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The Role of Libraries in Reaching Everyday Second Life Users

See the full transcript of the recent discussion at Infolit iSchool at http://sleeds.org/chatlog/?c=286

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Michael Stephens Twitters During My Final Presentation

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The end of a MLIS degree, the start of a new career!

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This past Monday, I presented the results of my research project to Michael Stephens, my faculty advisor, and three other guests who joined us in Second Life.
Stay tuned for a slideshare presentation to include the content of this presentation.
Pictured above is my avatar practicing for the presentation before any attendees had [...]

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Lively Discussion at InfoLit iSchool Session to Share Research Results

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Sheila Yoshikawa (Sheila Webber in real life) hosted me at the InfoLit iSchool in Second Life for a rousing discussion around my research findings. Quite a crowd of avatars showed up, and the discussion was lively.
One strand of the discussion dealt with whether libraries and librarians in SL should extend services [...]

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Research report on information seeking behavior on April 22nd

Does a 3D immersive environment suggest new models of information seeking behavior? Just how are people getting at information in virtual worlds? What does this mean for libraries and librarians?

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Discussion in SL hosted at Infolit iSchool

The role of libraries in reaching everyday Second Life users
April 24, 2008 at 12:00 pm SLT @ CILR, Infolit School (101, 211, 22)

Margaret Ostrander (Testy Outlander) has spent the last two months conducting research about the information seeking habits of everyday Second Life (SL) users.
Research findings showed that none of the users interviewed had used [...]

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Save the date – April 22nd @ 7:15am SLT

I will be presenting the results of this research project on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:15 am Second Life Time (SLT).  Second Life time is the same as Eastern Standard Time. I’ll ask that all attendees convene at 7:15 am SLT, and the presentation will begin at 7:30 am SLT. I expect that it will [...]

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Presenting at my first conference in a virtual world

I’m excited to be presenting at Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education & Museums this Saturday with my pal Anne Mostad-Jensen. We’re giving a 45-minute presentation about each of our research projects that are currently in progress. At this point, we’ll each be sharing our methodological approaches that can help SL institutions better get to know their [...]

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A smattering of social networking groups

Second Life Librarians on Facebook
Library 2.0 FaceBook group
Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education & Museums on FaceBook
Second Life Librarians on Ning
SL Residents on FaceBook
In my spare time (hah!), I’m going to try and become active in at least some of these groups. I hope to use them to market my final presentation as well. Look me up [...]

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