Core Competencies for MLIS Degree at SJSU SLIS Competencies Developed and Demonstrated in Second Life

Competency “B” Compare the environments and organizational settings in which library and information professionals practice Activities: Observed reference interaction at a staffed reference desk within Second Life as both a customer and a reference volunteer Compared and practices with reference interaction best practices in real life Compared the utility of Instant Messaging tools in Second Life and those used by libraries for virtual reference

Compare the environments and organizational settings in which library and information professionals practice

Activities:

Observed reference interaction at a staffed reference desk within Second Life as both a customer and a reference volunteer

Compared and practices with reference interaction best practices in real life

Compared the utility of Instant Messaging tools in Second Life and those used by libraries for virtual reference

Activity Observing reference practices in Second life as a reference customer at Information Island. I am being helped by three volunteer reference librarians. Communication is done through live chat and Instant Messaging

Observing reference practices in Second life as a reference customer at Information Island.

I am being helped by three volunteer reference librarians.

Communication is done through live chat and Instant Messaging

Competency “C” Recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use Activities: Volunteered to publish a book for a free educational project and museum in Second Life Evaluated and analyzed the nature of information production and exchange in Second Life Produced text and images for a book Produced a formal presentation of my findings

Recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use

Activities:

Volunteered to publish a book for a free educational project and museum in Second Life

Evaluated and analyzed the nature of information production and exchange in Second Life

Produced text and images for a book

Produced a formal presentation of my findings

Presenting Findings and Book Presented a book created and published within Second Life by a community of volunteers Presenting findings and analysis of forces motivating the production and consumption of information within Second Life.

Presented a book created and published within Second Life by a community of volunteers

Presenting findings and analysis of forces motivating the production and consumption of information within Second Life.

Competency “H” Demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities Activities: Learned to use and navigate Second Life as a medium for communication Created interactive objects to provide information to Second Life visitors

Demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities

Activities:

Learned to use and navigate Second Life as a medium for communication

Created interactive objects to provide information to Second Life visitors

Using a Blogging Application Used the search function within Second Life to locate and use communication tools Learned to move through the Second Life virtual world to find objects and tools Learned to build objects with scripts and textures in Second Life

Used the search function within Second Life to locate and use communication tools

Learned to move through the Second Life virtual world to find objects and tools

Learned to build objects with scripts and textures in Second Life

Competency “I” Use service concepts, principles and techniques that facilitate information access, relevance, and accuracy for individuals or groups of users Activities: Created an interactive information kiosk. Determined typical user needs and questions by observation Created a kiosk that answer the most common question asked by visitors to the SJSU island: “Where am I” and “What is this” Tested kiosk for usability with feedback from visitors.

Use service concepts, principles and techniques that facilitate information access, relevance, and accuracy for individuals or groups of users

Activities:

Created an interactive information kiosk.

Determined typical user needs and questions by observation

Created a kiosk that answer the most common question asked by visitors to the SJSU island: “Where am I” and “What is this”

Tested kiosk for usability with feedback from visitors.

Information Kiosk Created an information kiosk to answer common question Kiosk poses typical questions: “ Where am I” and “Who created all this” The interactive scripts can either send avatars to other locations that display images of island contributors or take them to the homepage of the SJSU SLIS program for further information

Created an information kiosk to answer common question

Kiosk poses typical questions:

“ Where am I” and “Who created all this”

The interactive scripts can either send avatars to other locations that display images of island contributors or take them to the homepage of the SJSU SLIS program for further information

Competency “M” Demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary for group work, collaborations and professional level presentations Activities: Gave two book talks at a SJSU Second Life event Book talk topic: Stalinism on the Frontier of Empire: Women and State Formation in the Soviet Far East, Cambridge U.P., 2008 Presented findings from research for a Second Life learning project on publishing in Second Life Demonstrated Second Life to librarians at a CLA conference exhibit booth (November 2008)

Demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary for group work, collaborations and professional level presentations

Activities:

Gave two book talks at a SJSU Second Life event

Book talk topic:

Stalinism on the Frontier of Empire: Women and State Formation in the Soviet Far East, Cambridge U.P., 2008

Presented findings from research for a Second Life learning project on publishing in Second Life

Demonstrated Second Life to librarians at a CLA conference exhibit booth (November 2008)

Book Talk Topic

Stalinism Book Talk

Demonstrating Second Life Shared my skills and impressions with Second Life with librarians at a California Library Association conference Answered questions about the uses of Second Life for librarians Demonstrated how to navigate and search within Second Life

Shared my skills and impressions with Second Life with librarians at a California Library Association conference

Answered questions about the uses of Second Life for librarians

Demonstrated how to navigate and search within Second Life

At the end of the day The many uses of Second Life: A ‘Quiet’ Moment at the Gardens of Apollo

The many uses of Second Life:

A ‘Quiet’ Moment at the Gardens of Apollo