Second Life & Libraries

Second Life & Libraries
Presentation & workshop
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services , Olso, January 15 th 2007
NTNU Library (UBiT) Trondheim, January 17 th & 18 th 2007
Guus van den Brekel Blog: Digicmb.blogspot.com

And now for something completely different … The ultimate chase for the user … Extreme example of libraries following the users everywhere!

Building a Library in a Virtual “environment”
Ok, but what are they doing in a MASSIVE MULTI-USER ONLINE ROLEPLAYING GAME?

Massive MultiUser Online (Role Playing) Games MMOG / MMORPG and Libraries, Universities, Companies, Business, Hospitals, Newsagents Bookstores, Clothing, Gambling Porn “IF IT’S IN RL IT’S IN SL”

By definition…
Quoted from the wikipedia:A Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG or MMO) is a type of computer game that enables hundreds or thousands of players to simultaneously interact in a game world that they are connected to via the Internet. Typically this kind of game is played in an online, multiplayer-only persistent world.

Second Life : some figures 250.00 Residents in March 2006! And now ..

http://www.mmogchart.com/

Communication in Second Life
Text-chat, IM, Group messages
Notecards exchange, special servers for notecards updating, central databases
Scripting/programming interaction, HUD’s, Activating by touch
“ body communication”: avatars distance, gestures, clothing, animations
Inworld displays: video, ppt, anything
Audio: Google talk, Skype, Teamspeak, Ventrilo
Near future-> Proximity based chat: integration of Vivox with SL

Examples in Second Life
New Media Consortium CAMPUS http://www.nmc.org/sl
Reuters http://secondlife.reuters.com/
Amazon
IBM
Business Communicators in Second Life http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/
Second Life Media List

Second Life is …
“ micro-world”
More than a game, they meet other gamers,
Interact, Compete, Collaborate, Learn from and talk to
Teaching&learning; social learning
Distance learning, virtual communities
Go anywhere, do anything

Support Groups in Second Life
Alcoholics Anonymous
Anxiety Support area - Catherine House
Autistic
Autistic Liberation Front
BiPolar Support
Brain Talk Communities
Breast Cancer Awareness
Brigadoon Explorers
CF University (cystic fibrosis)
Depresson Support
Diabetes Type 1 Community
Diabetics
DID Support and Information (dissociative disorders)
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Support Group
Dream Travellers
Fit n Fab Support Group
Live2Give (cerebral palsy)
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Make-A-Wish
Self Injury Support
SL’s Cancer Survivors
Special Education Exchange
The Center for Positive Mental Health
The Haven (meeting area for support groups)
Women’s Support Group

And ..
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institue of Health (NIH)
CALENDON MEDICAL GROUP: A group for the various physicians and health care workers of Caledon. also include medical researchers.
SECOND LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION An association for physicians and medics throughout all the cultures of Second Life
SUGAR MEDICAL CLINIC: Maternity, Pediatric
Fighting for Health
Sl Behaviour Healthcare
Real Mental Health
Public Health games
Positive Mental Health

Libraries & Second Life?
Second Life Library 2.0 / Info Island Library/Info Island ALS
Second Life Teens Library ‘ Eye4You Alliance’
Second Life Medical Library 2.0
Consumer Health Information Library
Talis Cybrary City - IBM Library
Library Gallery
Michigan Library Costoriumm
MPA - Edera's Word University
ALF Autism Museum and Library
NaNo Nuts Future Library Site
ICT Library
NEW! ALA Washington office now in Second Life

Alliance Library System & Second Life
http:// Infoisland.org
http://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_063006_second_life_library.php

Second Life Medical Library : an adventure
From 1 floor to complete Island
HealthInfo Island
Consumer Health Information Library (Grant)
Medical, clinical & Research Library
SL Health & Wellness Center
Starting Cooperation with : NIH and CDC!

Platform for future healthcare training applications
Play2Train http://irhbt.typepad.com/play2train/
Massive grant 1.6 Mj $

Let’s go inside Second Life!

Second Life Library 2.0 : more info
http://www.alliancelibraries.info/presentation/fullscreen.htm

The Second Life Medical Library 2.0 The chase for the Users …… Into The User Environment : no limits

HealthInfo Island
http://infoisland.org/health_info/
Use our Toolbar to follow us and search for Consumer health Information in RL!
http://healthinfoisland.ourtoolbar.com/

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Second Life & Libraries

by Guus van den Brekel on Jan 18, 2007

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