Archive for December, 2007
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Info Islands this week
Happy New Year to everyone!
Branch opening, Exhibit, and Carnival Masquerade
Jabuary 5th, 2008
12-6pm SLT
HG Wells Memorial Branch Library,
Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/233/238/23
The Caledon Library announces two gala events to mark the opening of its newest branch,
the H. G. Wells. Memorial Library in Caledon Wellsian. A masked street party on January
5 will celebrate the opening of the Library [...] -
Virtual World Continuing Education Series
The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Alliance Library System are pleased to offer spring courses in the Virtual Worlds Continuing Education Series. Chck out this website for course descriptions, dates, and instructors.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/
There are new courses being offered. Courses for spring include: Second Life 101,
Introduction to Librarianship in [...] -
Info Islands this week
December 20, 6-7PM SLT & December 21, 12-1PM SLT.
ELIZABETHAN SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS OF WINTER
Elizabethan times saw the celebration of the seasons thrown into something of a controversy. The reigning Protestants were wary of dancing, excess and lewdness. They also associated pageantry with Catholicism and with Heathenry. Despite this, at Court, Christmas was one of the [...] -
Elizabethan Christmas Celebration and Feast on Renaissance Island
EDecember 16, 11AM-1PM SLT.
ELIZABETHAN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION & FEAST! God ye good den! Prithee join us on Renaissance Island in the Parish of Reading Primley’s Lagswell Manor for a magnificent
Tudor-style Christmas Celebration! There will be feasting, dancing, the re-telling of the story of St. George & the Dragon, music, and oh, did we mention dancing? A [...]