Virtual Neighborhood, Real Community

Serving Community Needs

in a Virtual World

We’ll talk about• Whither the Library?• Patrons as Partners• Local & Networked Libraries• “MyNeighborhood Library”• Roleplay & Research• What Can the Library and the

Librarian Do?• The Toolkit

Whither the Library?

• Info Island models Library services for a virtual world

• Interests + virtual geography = community

• “Put the information where the work is being done”

• Integrating library services into virtual world communities

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Patrons as Partners

• Third Place• Adult play

• Living Imaginative Lives• Living Literate Lives

BUT WAIT…..

Why do these specialized libraries matter, in a fully networked world?

• Conservation of effort, cognitive cost People look to close resources first People look to resources they know exist OR resources they can guess exist

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My Neighborhood Library

• “This is in my neighborhood, this is my library”

• Tailoring for the interests that define the community Focused Collections Theme-friendly services Look & feel Conversation

Roleplay & Research

• “This is my other life”• Support • Respond• Invite• Deepen

What can the Library & the Librarian do?

• Be a Presence• Weave the social fabric

• Grow with the community

• Community Events• Local Guest Curators

The ToolkitThe ToolkitBuilt into SL Client or use Built into SL Client or use

LSL scripting languageLSL scripting language "URL loader” Scripts"URL loader” Scripts ““Givers”Givers” Suggestion boxSuggestion box IM-to-EmailIM-to-Email Twitter box for SLTwitter box for SL Blog-HUD SLBlog-HUD SL

Outside of SLOutside of SL Community ForumsCommunity Forums SL History WikiSL History Wiki Community Events CalendarCommunity Events Calendar The Connolly TelegraphThe Connolly Telegraph

• News of the “19th Century News of the “19th Century Grid”Grid”

Resident blogs & YouTube Resident blogs & YouTube Library WebsiteLibrary Website Library Custom Search EngineLibrary Custom Search Engine Library Feedback GatherersLibrary Feedback Gatherers

• ““Tell us what you think”Tell us what you think”• ““Suggest a resource”Suggest a resource”

The Virtual Librarian’sThe Virtual Librarian’s

Bag of TricksBag of Tricks

URLs I: Tools • Twitter Box for SLTwitter Box for SL

http://ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/

• Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system:Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system: http://bloghud.com/

• Caledon Library Caledon Library http://thelibrarymilitant.net/

• Custom Search EngineCustom Search Engine http://google.com/coop/cse?

cx=015330499799466611175%3Aaf0xg9rscyg

• Feedback GatheringFeedback Gathering General -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-

memorial-library-feedback Suggest -- http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/suggest-a-link-to-

the-aether Detailed Suggest (for librarians) --

http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/whitehorn-library-reference-links/

URLs II: Community• Caledon Community ForumsCaledon Community Forums

http://www.caledonforums.com/

• Caledon Community CalendarCaledon Community Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gabrielle.riel

%40comcast.net

• SL History Wiki - CaledonSL History Wiki - Caledon http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/

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• Connolly Telegraph - “The 19th Century Grid”Connolly Telegraph - “The 19th Century Grid” http://theconnollytelegraph.blogspot.com/

• YouTube: resident reflections of the YouTube: resident reflections of the communitycommunity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRj3HNx8_wA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFaeyQqftS0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57nvrgx-24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7deS8u4J8

URLs III: Residents• Resident Blogs (Selected)Resident Blogs (Selected)

http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine http://gabrielleriel.blogspot.com http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com http://www.zenmondo.blogspot.com http://hiberniaskids.blogspot.com http://victorianaesthetic.blogspot.com http://oolonsputnik.blogspot.com

• Resident Blog Adventure: Journey to 20,000 Resident Blog Adventure: Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious IslandLeagues Beneath the Mysterious Island http://darklingmuse.wordpress.com/journey-to-20000-

leagues-below-the-mysterious-island-all-chapter-links/

Thank you!

JJ JacobsonJJDrinkwater@gmail.com

skype: drinkwater.of.caledon