Alliance Library System wins 2nd Place for Mashing up the Library

Talis has just announced the winners of their Mashing up the Library Competition held to “celebrate and showcase all that is best in these efforts to push library information out to existing audiences in new ways, or to reach totally new audiences with compelling and captivating applications.”

The Second prize of ?500 was awarded to the Alliance Library System in East Peoria, IL, and their global partners in the Second Life Library. Their entry, the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0, was described by Talis? Miller as ?both a testament to international co-operation amongst libraries and a compelling demonstration of the ways in which traditional library functions can be extended into cyberspace, reaching new audiences in ways exciting and relevant to them as they live their lives.? In recognition of the current exchange rate, the sum of $1,000 has been paid to the Alliance Library System, and they intend to use the funds to extend their work within Second Life.

Quoted from the 2006 Competition website

Second Life Library 2.0 would like to congratulate our fellow prizewinner, John Blyberg of Ann Arbor District Library who received 1st prize for his Go-Go-Google-Gadget.