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 [email protected]
Dwight Schrute explains…
Yes, there are obstacles
“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
So, why explore Second Life?
Experience a new interface
Learn new skills
Distance events
Networking
Fun
Collaboration
Virtual field trips
Teaching real life legal concepts
Exploring virtual world law
• '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
Evolution of the NSU Law Library
in Second Life
First building on Cybrary City
Larger building on Cybrary City II
Flat, static displays
Old school OPAC link
Current build: modular
Lessons learned: no walls, no doors, no stairs--and more
fun!
Cabana courthouse
The future
Vivaty, Lively
Thank youA current version of these slides will be
available at
http://slideshare.net/mak506/