Second Life Library Profiles The Alexandrian Free Library A Study in Virtual Community

The Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Community-based Libraries In, and beyond, Second Life Is a

Libraries for Virtual communities Who We Are Arising from and rooted in the communities we serve

The Caledon Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Steelhead Public Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Winterfell Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Toussaint L'Ouverture Library of New Toulouse is an affiliate of the Alexandrian Free Library

The R.F Burton Library of New Babbage is an affiliate of the Alexandrian Free Library

Presence

Services Commune Consult Aid Abet Advise In, and beyond, Second Life

Exhibits

Collections

Events

Challenges Giving Patrons Something They Can’t Give Themselves

Challenges Fitting in as the iconic library while functioning as a modern library

Challenges Identifying Evolving patron use patterns

Challenges identifying community needs often needs that are not yet in practice

Opportunities Presenting the historical record in ways that are graspable, yet lead in to the broadest vista Finding where Library & Museum techniques meet & supplement each other

Opportunities Pleasures! of Reading, of Knowing Expanding into the age of massive networked digital content Turning the new bibliophile on to what’s Out There

Opportunities Patrons = Partners Third Place Living Imaginative Lives Living Literate Lives Adult play

Images from the Field

Images from the Field

SLL2 The Alexandrian Free Library is pleased to be known to be affiliated with The Second Life Library 2.0 Of The Info Island Archipelago Consortial 2

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/ Steelhead Public Library http://library.steelheadcity.us/ Custom Search Engine http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015330499799466611175%3Aaf0xg9rscyg Feedback Gathering http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-aetheric-opinion-gathering-gizmo/ http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/suggest-a-link-to-the-aether/ http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-reference-links http://tinyurl.com/SteampunkSites

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/

Steelhead Public Library

http://library.steelheadcity.us/

Custom Search Engine

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

Feedback Gathering

http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-aetheric-opinion-gathering-gizmo/

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

http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-reference-links

http://tinyurl.com/SteampunkSites

URLs II: Community Community Forums & Wikis http://steelheadsentinel.blogspot.com/ http://www.caledonforums.com/ http://www.caledonwiki.com Community Calendars http://tinyurl.com/AlexLibCalendar http://caledoncalendar.com http://tinyurl.com/SteelheadPLcalendar Blogosphere http://caerfyrddin.org/mostlycaledon.htm YouTube 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

Community Forums & Wikis

http://steelheadsentinel.blogspot.com/

http://www.caledonforums.com/

http://www.caledonwiki.com

Community Calendars

http://tinyurl.com/AlexLibCalendar

http://caledoncalendar.com

http://tinyurl.com/SteelheadPLcalendar

Blogosphere

http://caerfyrddin.org/mostlycaledon.htm

YouTube

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

Thank you! Jean Hewlet Played by Riven Homewood [email_address] JJ Jacobson Played by JJ Drinkwater [email_address]