Info Island this week
Grand Opening of Bradley University Campus on Info Island II
4pm SL time on Wednesday, February 28th
We will have an opening event for the Grand Opening of the Bradley
Campus in Second Life. Features of the opening event include:
- Welcome from Nathan Jung–Dean of Communications and Fine Arts at Bradley
- Brief talk from Professor Beliveau–Bradley Professor who has taught in SL
- Welcome from Puglet Dancer–Library Director at Bradley
- Brief talk about art exhibits that are part of our opening celebration from Takver Twin, Reference Librarian at Bradley
- Q&A with artists–Dave Koi, Nage Archer, & Dana Archer
- Music, food, exhibits, and fun. Please come. Open to all. For more
information, contact Puglet Dancer or Takver Twin.
Teen Tech Week Events – Outdoor auditorium at Info Island I
Monday March 5, 1pm PST
- Teens, Publishing, and Technology
Facilitator-Carlie Webber, Young Adult Services Coordinator, Bergen County - Cooperative Library System, Hackensack, New Jersey
Panelists: Jason Weed Abrams, Lauren Myracle Author, Anastasia GoodsteinAuthor and YPulse blogger
Thursday, March 5, 4pm PST
- Game Design
Facilitator-Jami Schwarzwalder
Panelists-Craig Davis, Youth Digital Arts Cybercenter and Jake Theis, Wizards of the Coast
YALSA’s Teen Tech Week in Second Life: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 7 at 6 pm PST
Cybrary City Open Air Arena
Organized by Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries & Information Service
Moderator: Lisa Perez, Area Library Coordinator (AV=ElaineTulip)
Co-Moderator: Jennifer Ragan-Fore (AV=Kittygloom Cassady)
* IM Kittygloom with questions during presentation
- Panelists:
Christie Thomas, University of Chicago eCUIP Program (AV=Corinne Fleury)http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu
- Angela Semifero, Marshall District Library (AV=Semife Roar)
http://marshalldistrictlibrary.org
- Kelly Czarnecki, Teen Librarian at ImaginOn, the Public Library of
Charlotte & Mecklenburg Co NC (AV=BlueWings Hayek)http://www.plcmc.org
- Peggy Sheehy, Suffern Middle School (AV=Maggie Marot)
http://rampoislands.blogspot.com
Agenda (in SL time)
6:00 Welcome and overview of Teen Tech Week
6:05 Corinne Fleury – How eCUIP Supports Teens’ Use of Technology
6:15 Semife Roar – Gaming for Teens in the Library
6:25 BlueWings Hayek – Overview of Eye4You Alliance Island on the Teen Grid
6:35 Maggie Marat – Overview of Ramapo Islands on the Teen Grid
6:45 Moderated questions to panelists
(IM Kittygloom Cassady during presentations to ask your questions.
Include name of person to whom question is directed.)
About Teen Tech Week
Teen Tech Week (TTW) is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association. See http://www.ala.org/teentechweek for full information.
Thanks to Yohan Althouse, official photographer/videographer.
For more information contact BlueWings Hayek.
BLAST
BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) is a scientific ballooning project dedicated to understanding the origins of the universe. Last December, BLAST flew from a Long Duration Balloon over Antarctica. By providing the first sensitive large-area submillimeter surveys at these wavelengths, BLAST will address some of the most important cosmological and Galactic questions regarding the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies and clusters.
Virtual BLAST will be flying over the SL grid on Saturday, March 3 and will fly over Information Island 9am – 10am.
One of the BLAST scientists will give a talk on the project at the International Spaceflight Museum on March 4 at 11am SLT.
For more information, contact Abbey Zenith.
HealthInfo Island Supports YOU
We are here to provide space and information support for health-related groups individuals. The Island is a safe, open environment where large and small groups can meet for no charge, and where we can work together to promote awareness. For further information about the Island or the grant-funded project, contact Carolina Keats or Namro Orman.
- AIDS / HIV Support Group Open Meeting
Saturday, March 3 8:00 a.m. SL
HealthInfo Island, Healthinfo Island (68, 150, 21)
HealthInfo Island hosts a support group meeting for AIDS/HIV positive people and those who support them. The group is led by ChaCha Biedermann.
- Diabetes Support Group / Q&A Session
Saturday, March 3, 9:00 a.m. SL
HealthInfo Island, Healthinfo Island (68, 150, 21)
You are invited to attend a casual question and answer session about diabetes. Aheron Camilo is an internal medicine physician practicing in Greece who has an interest in health education; he will be available for open discussion during this session.The Diabetes support group is led by Elros Tuominen, and is open to diabetics, their supporters, or those who would just like to learn about diabetes.For more information, contact Carolina Keats.
Mystery Manor Book Discussion
Maxito Ricardo will lead a book discusssion on Ross Macdonald, the author of the mystery book, The Far Side of the Dollar, next Wednesday at 6 p.m SLT at the Mystery Manor on Info Island I. All are welcome to attend:
Ross Macdonald was born in Los Gatos, California, December 13th, 1915. He was educated in Canadian schools, traveled widely in Europe, and acquired advanced degrees and a Phi Beta Kappa key at the University of Michigan. In 1938 he married a Canadian who is now well known as the novelist Margaret Millar. Mr. Macdonald (Kenneth Millar in private life) taught school and later college, and served as communications officer aboard an escort carrier in the Pacific. Among his leading interests were conservation and politics. For over twenty years he lived in Santa Barbara and wrote mystery novels about the fascinating and changing society of his native state, exploring the labyrinths of crime and of the human heart.
When Ross Macdonald died on July 11, 1983, America lost not only a master of mystery fiction, but also one of its finest writers. The Moving Target, The Galton Case, and The Goodbye Look became bestsellers because they transcended the genre of who-dunit to become why-dunits. Their hero, private detective Lew Archer, does much more than track down the killer; he also penetrates the mystery of human lives, in which riddles are buried in victim and murderer alike. It was for this extra dimension that Ross Macdonald ultimately won the critical acclaim that now ranks him with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond
Chandler as a major figure in twentieth century American letters. For more information contact Maxito Ricardo.
Formation of SL Archivists Group
Christi Janus started an archivist group in Second Life. Contact him to join the group.
Info Island Welcomes Info Island-DK
The Info Island Archpelago welcomes Info Island-DK, a group of Danish librarians.