Archive for April, 2007
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Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium
Register now for the first annual Gaming, Learning, and Libraries
Symposium for academic, public, and school librarians, sponsored by ALA
TechSource in collaboration with the Association of College & Research
Libraries (ACRL)!
Join such speakers as gaming and literacy experts James Paul Gee and
Henry Jenkins (MIT), author Eli Neiburger, Syracuse University Game Lab
Director Scott Nicholson, Gregory Trefry, a game [...] -
FFRC Grants Total 70,000 Linden for Rich Content
For Immediate Release April 9, 2007
FFRC Grants Total 70,000 Linden for Rich Content
The Foundation for Rich Content has decided on which of thirteen proposals to fund with three grants totalling $70,000 Linden dollars. The foundation awarded $50,000
for support of The [...] -
Virtual Librarianship course for librarians
Avatars! Linden Dollars! Librarianship!
Librarianship? What ARE they talking about?
To discover how avatars, Linden dollars, and librarianship relate to
one another, come join us in a continuing education course on
librarianship in the virtual world of Second Life. Second Life is a 3-D virtual
world entirely built and owned by its residents, including real life
librarians on Info Island.
The Graduate [...] -
Alliance Second Life Library Wins ALA/Information Today Library of the Future Award
form the ALA website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/april2007/04172007.htm
Alliance Second Life Library Program receives 2007 Library of the Future Award
CHICAGO—The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System,and the international collaborative group of librarians working on Alliance Second Life Library, are the 2007 recipients of the ALA/Information Today Library of [...]