The Virtual Librarian in Second Life Njla 2008

Libraries in Second Life: Thinking inside & outside the virtual box Elisabeth Jacobsen Marrapodi Director, Library Services Trinitas Hospital, New Jersey

My Avatar, Myself: Brielle Coronet (SL) – Elisabeth (RL)

"What is now proved was once only imagined" William Blake

Just Imagine… A world without limits A world without borders A world where vision becomes reality A world where libraries are open 24/7…

Why Second Life? Over 60,000 reasons!

Emergent technology in 3D platform

Real time communication

A new pathway for outreach

International collaboration & partnerships

Think tank test out new ideas

Distance learning and meetings for CE

Content is user generated and owned

Over 60,000 people are logged 24/7

"The potential for commerce, education, entertainment and other interaction in a 3-D environment … is far greater than in the flat and isolated two-dimensional world of the World Wide Web." Philip Rosedale, co-founder, Second Life U.S. Congressional Hearings, April 1, 2008

But, isn’t it just a game?

“ A virtual world like Second Life…is NOT a game, serious or otherwise, and referring to the work done in these spaces limits both the potential for the technology and the work it is enabling.”