A Second Life for the archivist: what do we have to look for in virtual worlds?

Content of the letter
Web 2.0
E-communities
Virtual worlds: Second Life
Web 3.D

Web 2.0 The new version of the web?
Eh… so what was Web 1.0 then?
Did I miss something already?
Movie: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us / ing Us

Web 2.0
Wikipedia
Web 1.0 Britannica

Web 2.0 Some characteristics
Internet as a desktop application instead of static websites
Working together online, seeing and sharing
Most of all characterized through virtual communities (e-communities)
Social interaction

Web 2.0 Some example applications
Wiki’s ( Limburg Genealogy Wiki *): share knowledge
Flickr ( Picture Australia ): share pictures
YouTube : share movies
Rss ( Netvibes , ArchivesBlogs ): share news
Del.icio.us ( tags ): share favorites
Mashup ( Crime map *): combining information
* Dutch website

Web 2.0 Social interaction
Virtual worlds ( Second Life ): share world
Hyves and Zooof : share friends and family
Weblogs ( The Digital Archivist ): share thoughts
Discussion groups ( Genealogy Benelux *)
Forums
Instant messaging and chatting ( Meebo , Al@din* )
* Dutch website

E-communities …according to Wikipedia
Virtual communities consist of people, who communicate and/or work together, through the internet or another information technology, instead of meeting each other in real life
(Translation of Dutch version of Wikipedia)

E-communities Some characteristics
It is about the people, not the software
It is about the social network, not the techniques
Key word: together
A community usually uses different kinds of techniques:
discussion groups, websites, databases and so on

E-communities A complicated/simple* example
Our study center isn’t their study center anymore… Their study center is more and more an e-community!
Forget about the building, the public rooms, the study center, the archives…
… but remember the ideas behind them!
(Dutch websites will follow)

Virtual worlds
Look like a game… but most certainly are not!
Have no predefined mission, no goals, no beginning and no ending
Are mini worlds, that are designed, built and occupied by their residents
Are first of all new platforms for communicating, working, learning, sharing and so on

Virtual worlds Second Life
In Second Life there are:
Casino’s
Sex clubs
Criminals
So… what do archivists have to look for there?

Virtuele werelden Second Life
Well… in Second Life there are also:
Governments
Libraries
Museums
Education organisations
And… customers… more and more in the future!

Christi Janus in Second Life: ‘…to boldly go where no archivist has gone before!’

Info Island is thé place to be for librarians, educators and so on (May 28th 2007)

The main library on Info Island will soon be redesigned again (April 15th 2007)

Just two days old… and already having a tour through the library (February 3th 2007)

Book discussion at the Open Air Auditorium on Info Island (February 10th 2007)

Hard work during a celebration weekend: one year of Info Island (May 19th 2007)

Every month the reference librarians discuss almost everything (April 15th 2007)

Searching for myself, in Real Life and Second Life, with the SLQ infoStation

Chatting with Hallie, a Second Life Chatbot with Artificial Intelligence (May 28th 2007)

The genealogists were ahead of the archivists… in Second Life (February 28th 2007)

Information about archives, photos and links on Jewish genealogy (May 28th 2007)

Archivists talking about a mission, displays, buildings and so on (March 18th 2007)

As far as I know, the first archives coming to Second Life (April 22th 2007)

And what does an archivist do when he has his day off…?

Web 3.D Is Second Life the future?
Second Life is…
At this moment the ultimate, visual form of an e-community
Probably not the future… but virtual worlds are… at least a part of that!
Is most of all a testing area, a play ground… a place to get experience

Web 3.D Is Web 3.D the future?
Integration of the internet and virtual worlds ?
Internet :
Good for content, for texts, images, movies and databases
Virtual worlds:
Good for communication, for networks, presentations, group learning, working together and social contacts

Follow me during my explorations!
The Digital Archivist
http://digitalearchivaris.blogspot.com
Or travel with me!
IM me in-world as Christi Janus

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A Second Life for the archivist: what do we have to look for in virtual worlds?

by Christian van der Ven on Jun 01, 2007

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