Alliance Second Life Library/Info Island Announce Grand Opening

Alliance Library System and Second Life Library/Info Island Pleased to Announce Official Opening

The Alliance Library System and the Second Life Library/Info Island collaborative group of librarians are pleased to announce the grand opening and a host of activities planned for Second Life residents scheduled October 12-14, 2006. All events will be held in Second Life and are free to residents.

?We have been working on this project with partners from around the world for six months,? stated Kitty Pope, Executive Director of the Alliance Library System. ?We are grateful to all the librarians and others who have put in huge amounts of time to make this happen and we are pleased with the reception the library has received in Second Life.?

Gonzo Mandelbrot, Coordinator of Grand Opening Activities said, ?We have a variety of activities, events and tours that people can pick and choose from or they may attend everything. The goal is to highlight all the different aspects of the library and Info Island and all that is available there.?

A detailed schedule of events is provided below. If attendees have questions about specific locations, come to Info Island. We will have tour guides there who can show people to the event location.

Thursday, October 12

  • Virtual Worlds and Education: The Cutting Edge ? 4 pm sl ? 6 pm sl ? Speakers: Pathfinder Linden, Kitty Paul, Puglet Dancer, Professor Beliveau, Lorelei Junot and Maxito Ricardo ? Puglet Dancer and Kitty Paul will cut the ribbon to begin grand opening ceremonies at Info Island open air auditorium (Info Island 143, 82, 34)

Friday, October 13

  • 7:30 a.m. sl ? 1:30 pm. sl – Virtual Worlds and Alternate Realities ? Where Do Libraries Fit In? ? A variety of wonderful speakers with keynote by Pathfinder Linden – Info Island open air auditorium(Info Island 143, 82, 34)
    An audio link is available at http://67.19.231.218/v4/login.asp?r=67955673&p=0 type your name and click enter. Minimize this window. For those without audio we will transcribe the speaker as they speak.
  • 5:00-6:00 p.m. sl ? Scary Movies at Second Life Pantheon Picture House (Info Island II, 98,71,24)
  • 6:00-8:00 p.m. sl ? Costume Ball at Info Island Mystery Manor ? prizes for best costumes! (Info Island, 214, 163,33)

Saturday October 14

  • 8:00 a.m. sl ? Opening of Caledon Branch ? 19th century library (Caledon Tamrannoch 211,31,22)
  • 9:30 a.m. sl ? Grand Opening of Second Life Library Medical Library ? special events (Info Island 165, 204, 33) ? Bioterrorism demonstration, Speakers: Moriz Gupta and Sojourner Truth
  • 12:00 p.m. sl ? Second Ribbon Cutting and special speaker ? Info island Open Air Auditorium (Info Island 143, 82, 34) ? Katt Kongo, editor, Metaverse Messenger
  • 3:00 p.m. sl ? Talis SciFi & Fantasy Portal Opening ? special events (Info Island 29, 62, 33)
  • 5:00 ? 8:00 p.m. sl ? TX950 Beach party and celebration ? dancing refreshments, fun (Info Island 85, 33, 23)
  • Throughout the day ? Tours, scavenger hunts, information kiosks ? come and have fun!

For further information, please contact Gonzo Mandelbrot or Lorelei Junot.

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4 Responses to “Alliance Second Life Library/Info Island Announce Grand Opening”

  1. The Click Heard Round the World Says:
    October 6th, 2006 at 11:54 am

    Rik’s skating tour of Info Island (video)…

    I got an invite to the official opening of the Info Island Second Life Library, a project I have been watching develop for the past six months with great interest. Those librarians have a whole weekend full of activities planned…

  2. Rik Riel Says:
    October 6th, 2006 at 12:07 pm

    This sounds like a blow-out event! Good luck with the preparations!

  3. librariesinteract.info Says:
    October 7th, 2006 at 6:56 am

    [...] Anyhow, if you’re feeling very creative, you could make a digital copy of the costume, clothe an avatar and dance the night away at a costume ball to celebrate the grand opening of Info Island in Second Life. Events are happening all next week, but with the time difference, the costume ball is probably the only thing Australians could comfortably attend. . Second Life is a virtual world. It is a bit like the SIMS without the need to constantly attend to your avatar’s physical and self-fulfilment needs. Visiting Info Island has been on my “to do” list for a long time now, so I may just get there for this event. Having beaten a Sims2 addiction early in 2005, however, I’ve been very wary about entering somewhere with the potential to become a time sink. [...]

  4. theory.isthereason » On Now: Second Life Library Opening (12-14th Oct) Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    [...] You can get further program details over here. If you’re there, try finding me as “Kevin Suisei”. If you have trouble locating this island, click here for the map where you can instantly teleport there. Readership () | [...]

 

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