We have been working to establish a new Tampa Library on Second Life on one of the USF Islands. Our main audience is faculty who are using Second Life to explore teaching and learning in virtual worlds. We want our library to fit with the environment while providing enough space for changing exhibitions and tools so that faculty can learning about library resources and services to enhance their instruction. This slide presentation was put together for a Florida Library Association Poster Session, April 8, 2010.

1. Designing a Library in Second Life Joe Floyd & Ilene Frank Tampa Library, University of South Florida

3. What is Second Life?

5. http://infoisland.org/directory http://education.secondlife.com Resources for Educators in Second Life

12. Examples of What Other Libraries are Doing in Second Life

14. Book Displays

15. Highlighting special collections (L) Japanese Art: UNC (R) Stanford Library Virtual Archive

16. Linking to Library Resources

17. Providing Guides to Resources

18. Highlighting Free Digital Collections

19. Providing Reference Service

20. Teaching Information Literacy

21. Give Quizzes

22. Hold Meetings

24. Mailbox : Click to contact librarian

25. Slide Viewer: Show Powerpoint Slides, Pictures, etc.

26. Landmark Giver - used to provide users with links to other places on Second Life

27. URL Giver: Used to provide users with links to resources outside of SL

28. Notecard Giver: Used to provide written information

30. Some Libraries try to recreate their real life libraries….. Shimberg Library at USF – in Real Life above.  Shimberg Library in Second Life

31. USF Health Sciences USF Health Sciences in Second Life USF Health Sciences in real life 

32. Bradley University Library

33. FSU Library

34. Some libraries use buildings that are NOT like real life…. Sci Fi and Fantasy Portal

35. University of Florida : Library West

37. Buildings Near Our Site

38. Prefabs by Mudshake Under Consideration Advantages: Buildings are available for little money – and ready to be set up

39. Joe and Friends: Building Ideas Joe and his friends played with 2 beach themed ideas for our building. Advantages: These buildings use fewer “prims” – the units that make up objects like buildings. Using fewer prims means more prims for other things.

40. Library Building 1

41. Library Building 2