Consumer Health Information Gets a Second LIfe

Slide 1: Consumer Health Information Gets a Second Life • The path to Second Life • Second Life • HealthInfo Island • Observations

Slide 2: ~60,000 smokers A 3-D virtual world and ex-smokers entirely built and Hospital medical members in over owned by its library 160 countries. residents. Since Over over 3,000 opening to the OSF St. Francis: support messages public in 2003, it has A 650 bed tertiary are posted on grown explosively care teaching QuitNet every day and today is hospital with more -- that's over two inhabited by a total than 4,000 messages EVERY of 5,330,466 people employees in minute of every from around the Peoria, Illinois globe. day The path to Second Life

Slide 4: Eye4You Alliance◇University College Dublin◇SL Hill Society Library ◇ McMaster University ◇ Topeka Shawnee County Public Library ◇ Special Librarians in Second Life ◇ South Carolina State Library ◇ University of Plymouth ◇ University of South Florida ◇ Claremont College Digital Library ◇ Johnson and Wales University Library ◇ Georgia Institute of technology ◇ Australian Libraries◇Glenview IL Public Library ◇UCLA Stanford Science and Engineering Libraries ◇ University of Illinois ◇ University of Montevallo Carmichael Library ◇ Art Libraries Canada ◇ University of North Carolina School of Library and Information Science ◇ IBM Library ◇ Nebraska Library Commission ◇ State Library of Kansas ◇ Library and Archives Canada ◇ Law Library and

Slide 10: HealthInfo Island Welcome Center

Slide 13: HealthInfo Island Medical Library

Slide 14: Namro Orman, head of the SL Medical Library a.k.a. Guus van den Brekel, Coordinator of Electronic Services, CMB - University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Slide 16: You: What is migraine? [3:18] Hallie: Let me try and Google it. . [3:18] Hallie: Google Define -> A disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches that may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea, vomiting or extreme sensitivity to light and sound.

Slide 18: Training Demo held in Play2Train on April 6 2007 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Scenario 1: Healthcare Facility "Sidewalk Triage" Training The pandemic begins to pick up momentum and hospitals are facing overwhelming surge. As a surge control measure, the state decides healthcare facilities should move triage outside of the building. In order to do this, they will need assistance to train their staff to set up and operate sidewalk triage stations. From http://play2train.hopto.org/

Slide 19: SL Consumer Health Library

Slide 26: Public Health Games .Health Fitness Co-op…Men's Health .Sacred Heart Hospital Real Mental Health…MD Kiosk National Institutes of Health .Positive Mental Health Psychosis and Depression…. Prostate Cancer Support Alternative Health Club….Foundation for Diabetic Children…. Cancer Co-Op …. Virtually You! Center for Health and Wellness .NicoBloc Stop Smoking Exhibition Broken Silence - Domestic Violence Resource Center….Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) test site…New Babbage Medical League Prostate Cancer Research Foundation Master Physicians Honor Corps Old Time Medical Clinic Depression Support…AIDS and HIV HELP Group….Dreams The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Alcoholics Anonymous Breast Cancer Awareness Second Life Relay For Life Alternative Cancer Support Expert Breast Cancer Awareness Center and Why Not? Shop Support Diabetes Friends MS Support Group Fibromyalgia

Slide 28: Q: What kinds of questions do you get? A: Every kind!

Slide 29: Reference in SL

Slide 30: What can I do at Second Life? • Network • Collaborate • Re-think library spaces • Support other SL efforts • Discuss the use of role-playing in LIS education and training • Create and test new tools • Position yourself for the future • Have fun!

Slide 31: How do I get involved? • Register at http://secondlife.com/ • Download software • (note system requirements) • Invest a little • Use your contacts • Explore

Slide 32: Learn, dream: When worlds collide

Slide 33: HealthInfo Island Health  Empowerment  Community

Slide 34: Thank you! Contact me: Carolina Keats, a.k.a. Carol Perryman School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cp1757@gmail.com

Slide 35: Presented on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at VCU Libraries Links: infoisland.org http://infoisland.org/health_info/ healthinfoisland.blogspot.com http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ http://play2train.hopto.org