Energize! Exploring Legal and Library Communities in a Virtual World

Slide 1: Energize! Teleporting to Second Life: Exploring the Legal and Library Communities in a Virtual World AALL Annual Meeting 2008, Session I-2 Meg Kribble aka “Anne Idler” Emerging Technologies, Reference, & Instructional Services Librarian Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center kribblem@nsu.law.nova.edu

Slide 2: Dwight Schrute explains…

Slide 3: Yes, there are obstacles

Slide 4: “There was a day when I looked forward to my browser not taking several minutes to load. . . . We're not World of Warcraft. We're not structured like any game. Second Life is a 3-D version of your browser in 1993.” --Jean Miller , Linden Lab Community Manager, February 2007

Slide 5: So, why explore Second Life?

Slide 6: Experience a new interface

Slide 7: Learn new skills

Slide 8: Distance events

Slide 9: Networking

Slide 10: Fun

Slide 11: Collaboration

Slide 12: Virtual field trips

Slide 13: Teaching real life legal concepts

Slide 14: • 'Stranger than Fiction': Taxing Virtual Worlds, Leandra Lederman, Indiana University • The Virtual World as a Company Town - Freedom of Speech in Massively Multiple Online Role Playing Games, Peter S. Jenkins, York University • Leave Those Orcs Alone: Property Rights in Virtual Worlds, Kevin Edward Deenihan, UCLA • Anti-Social Contracts: The Contractual Governance of Online Communities, Joshua Fairfield, Indiana University • Virtual Worlds: Yet Another Challenge to Intellectual Property Law, Martine Boonk and Arno R. Lodder, Free University of Amsterdam Exploring virtual world law

Slide 15: Evolution of the NSU Law Library in Second Life

Slide 16: First building on Cybrary City

Slide 17: Larger building on Cybrary City II

Slide 18: Flat, static displays

Slide 19: Old school OPAC link

Slide 20: Current build: modular

Slide 21: Lessons learned: no walls, no doors, no stairs--and more fun!

Slide 22: Cabana courthouse

Slide 23: The future

Slide 24: Vivaty, Lively

Slide 25: Thank you A current version of these slides will be available at http://slideshare.net/mak506/