Virtual Neighborhood, Real Community Serving Community Needs in a Virtual World

We’ll talk about Whither the Library? Patrons as Partners Local & Networked Libraries “ MyNeighborhood Library” Roleplay & Research What Can the Library and the Librarian Do? The Toolkit

Whither the Library?

Patrons as Partners

Local & Networked Libraries

“ MyNeighborhood Library”

Roleplay & Research

What Can the Library and the Librarian Do?

The Toolkit

Whither the Library? Info Island models Library services for a virtual world Interests + virtual geography = community “Put the information where the work is being done” Integrating library services into virtual world communities

Info Island models Library services for a virtual world

Interests + virtual geography = community

“Put the information where the work is being done”

Integrating library services into virtual world communities

After Accidentally Deleting the Library

Patrons as Partners Third Place Adult play Living Imaginative Lives Living Literate Lives

Third Place

Adult play

Living Imaginative Lives

Living Literate Lives

BUT WAIT….. Why do these specialized libraries matter , in a fully networked world? Conservation of effort, cognitive cost People look to close resources first People look to resources they know exist OR resources they can guess exist la la la

Why do these specialized libraries matter , in a fully networked world?

Conservation of effort, cognitive cost

People look to close resources first

People look to resources they know exist

OR resources they can guess exist

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My Neighborhood Library “This is in my neighborhood, this is my library” Tailoring for the interests that define the community Focused Collections Theme-friendly services Look & feel Conversation

“This is in my neighborhood, this is my library”

Tailoring for the interests that define the community

Focused Collections

Theme-friendly services

Look & feel

Conversation

Roleplay & Research “This is my other life” Support Respond Invite Deepen

“This is my other life”

Support

Respond

Invite

Deepen

What can the Library & the Librarian do? Be a Presence Weave the social fabric Grow with the community Community Events Local Guest Curators

Be a Presence

Weave the social fabric

Grow with the community

Community Events

Local Guest Curators

The Toolkit Built into SL Client or use LSL scripting language "URL loader” Scripts “ Givers” Suggestion box IM-to-Email Twitter box for SL Blog-HUD SL Outside of SL Community Forums SL History Wiki Community Events Calendar The Connolly Telegraph News of the “19th Century Grid” Resident blogs & YouTube Library Website Library Custom Search Engine Library Feedback Gatherers “ Tell us what you think” “ Suggest a resource”

Built into SL Client or use LSL scripting language

"URL loader” Scripts

“ Givers”

Suggestion box

IM-to-Email

Twitter box for SL

Blog-HUD SL

Outside of SL

Community Forums

SL History Wiki

Community Events Calendar

The Connolly Telegraph

News of the “19th Century Grid”

Resident blogs & YouTube

Library Website

Library Custom Search Engine

Library Feedback Gatherers

“ Tell us what you think”

“ Suggest a resource”

The Virtual Librarian’s Bag of Tricks

URLs I: Tools Twitter Box for SL http://ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system: http://bloghud.com/ Caledon Library http://thelibrarymilitant.net/ Custom Search Engine http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015330499799466611175%3Aaf0xg9rscyg Feedback Gathering General -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-memorial-library-feedback Suggest -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/suggest-a-link-to-the-aether Detailed Suggest (for librarians) -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-library-reference-links/

Twitter Box for SL

http://ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/

Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system:

http://bloghud.com/

Caledon Library

http://thelibrarymilitant.net/

Custom Search Engine

http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015330499799466611175%3Aaf0xg9rscyg

Feedback Gathering

General -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-memorial-library-feedback

Suggest -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/suggest-a-link-to-the-aether

Detailed Suggest (for librarians) -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-library-reference-links/

URLs II: Community Caledon Community Forums http://www.caledonforums.com/ Caledon Community Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gabrielle.riel%40comcast.net SL History Wiki - Caledon http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Independent_State_of_Caledon Connolly Telegraph - “The 19th Century Grid” http://theconnollytelegraph.blogspot.com/ YouTube: resident reflections of the community http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRj3HNx8_wA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFaeyQqftS0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57nvrgx-24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7deS8u4J8

Caledon Community Forums

http://www.caledonforums.com/

Caledon Community Calendar

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gabrielle.riel%40comcast.net

SL History Wiki - Caledon

http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Independent_State_of_Caledon

Connolly Telegraph - “The 19th Century Grid”

http://theconnollytelegraph.blogspot.com/

YouTube: resident reflections of the community

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRj3HNx8_wA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFaeyQqftS0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57nvrgx-24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7deS8u4J8

URLs III: Residents Resident Blogs (Selected) http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine http://gabrielleriel.blogspot.com http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com http://www.zenmondo.blogspot.com http://hiberniaskids.blogspot.com http://victorianaesthetic.blogspot.com http://oolonsputnik.blogspot.com Resident Blog Adventure: Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island http://darklingmuse.wordpress.com/journey-to-20000-leagues-below-the-mysterious-island-all-chapter-links/

Resident Blogs (Selected)

http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine

http://gabrielleriel.blogspot.com

http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com

http://www.zenmondo.blogspot.com

http://hiberniaskids.blogspot.com

http://victorianaesthetic.blogspot.com

http://oolonsputnik.blogspot.com

Resident Blog Adventure: Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island

http://darklingmuse.wordpress.com/journey-to-20000-leagues-below-the-mysterious-island-all-chapter-links/

Thank you! JJ Jacobson [email_address] skype: drinkwater.of.caledon

JJ Jacobson

[email_address]

skype: drinkwater.of.caledon