Ask an Avatar: Providing Library Services in Second Life

Ask an Avatar Providing Services in Second Life Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan

Professional Avatars
Name
Shape, skin, hair
Clothing
Animations
Groups
1 st Life information

Communicating
Chat
Instant Messaging
Gestures
Voice

Local Customs
Avatar vs RL name
Personal distance
Eye gaze
Private acts in private
places

Real life distractions
Viewing chat history
Set Away
Using gestures
Asynchronous dissemination of information

Disseminating information
Creating note cards
Creating landmarks
Teleporting someone else

Software Problems
Lag
Crashes
Hardware

Griefers
Sit down
Add to Ban List
Abuse Report
Contact in-world liaison for help

Gillian Mayman, Whitney Townsend, Jean Song, Mark MacEachern, and Jane Blumenthal, Patricia Anderson Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan www.lib.umich.edu/hsl

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