Info Island and Libraries in SL news this week

Abbey Zenith named Director of Library Services
Abbey Zenith has been named Director of Library Services for Alliance Virtual Library.
Abbey will oversee staff and services for four islands including Info Island, Info International,
Infotainment, and Imagination Island. Abbey has been with the library for two years.

“Abbey Zenith is one of the most creative and imaginative librarians I have ever had
the pleasure to work with,” said Lorelei Junot of Alliance Library System.

An advisory board has been named which will work with Abbey on library oversight.
Hypatia Dejavu - SLL2 Reference Head & Public
Cindy Elkhart - Library Associate, Public
Rocky SLL2 Collections/Cataloging & Public
HollyJean Allen - Volunteer representative
Rolig Loon - Volunteer representative with an academic background
Stolvano Barbosa - Academic
Cat Galieo - Special library (Law)
Puglet Dancer - Academic / Chairman of the ALS Board
Abbey Zenith - Academic / Director of Library Services

Mystery Manor

Update your calendar with this revised discussion schedule for Mystery
Manor. All Discussions are at 6pm, SL in the Gazebo at Mystery Manor
Estate and led by Maxito Ricardo.

May 28 – Hard Time, Sara Paretsky
June 25 – Blond Faith, Walter Mosley
July 30 – The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett
August 27 – A Rage in Harlem, Chester Himes
September 24 – Cyprus Grove, James Sallis

Sara Paretsky, our author for May 28, has been, and continues to be, a
leading author in the female hardboiled detective genre. Hard Time is
one of her most gritty V. I. Warshawski stories. Contact Max Batra for more information.

Smart investing@your library in Second Life
Alliance Library System will launch the “Smart investing @ your library®” program, to promote investor education in libraries in central Illinois and in the virtual world of Second Life. Alliance Library System will offer programs on investing targeted at baby boomers in libraries, on a van at county fairs and festivals, and in Second Life.
In January 2008, Alliance Library System was awarded a $100,000 grant funded by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation as part of the “Smart investing @ your library®” program. Alliance Library System was one of only 13 libraries nationwide to be selected for participation.

The grant will help to build the capacity of libraries in the Alliance Library System and the virtual world of Second Life to provide effective, unbiased investor education to the community at large. With the funding, Alliance Library System will provide investing programs in communities around central Illinois, provide a Smart Investing van to spread the word at county fairs, health fairs, and library events, and to create an informational presence in the virtual world of Second Life. For information on resources and programs, consult the project website at http://smartinvestingatyourlibrary.info.

The grand opening of Investment InfoIsland in Second Life is scheduled for Sunday, June 1 from 3:00-5:00 pm Pacific; 5:00-7:00 pm central; and 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern. Speakers include Susan Saver from FINRA, Margaret Monsour from ALA, and Kitty Pope from Alliance. After the program, attendees will enjoy fireworks and a sock hop. For more
information, contact Lorelei Junot.

Rich Idiot in Second Life

Alliance Virtual Library in Second Life hosts bestselling author Robert Shemin who just published “How Come This Idiot’s RIch and I’m Not?” The following activities are
planned - more information next week!
May 13 – 5 pm sl, 7 pm central, 8 pm eastern – Book Talk with Robert Shemin hosted by avatar Maxito Ricardo – Conference Center, Rich Idiot
May 15 – 12 pm sl, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern – Book Talk with Robert Shemin hosted by avatar Maxito Ricardo – Conference Center, Rich Idiot
June 13 – 5-7 pm sl, Swing Dance at Gatsby’s Night Club, Rich Idiot, hosted by Puglet Dancer
June 26 – 12:30-2 pm, sl, 2:30-4 central, 3:30-5 pm eastern - “Getting Rich in Real Life and Second Life” Seminar, Conference Center, Rich Idiot
June 29 - 4 pm sl, 6 pm central, 7 pm eastern – Cocktail party with author Robert Shemin” at the Rich Idiot Mansion
The Rich Idiot Island is designed with the wealth and excitement of the 1930s. Crown Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Random House, was founded during the Depression with the goal of publishing quality books at inexpensive prices. Contact Lorelei Junot for more information.

Steelhead Library Poetry Writing Workshop
Wed, May 7, 7 – 8pm
Steelhead Public Library, Steelhead
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/123/185/24
Come enjoy the Pleasures of Composition at the SteelheadLlibrary. Dov Whiteberry (known in RL as Vermont poet and teacher David Weinstock) will lead a poetry writing workshop. No previous experience is required. If time permits, we will share the results with each other.

BIO
David Weinstock lives, writes, and teaches in Middlebury, Vermont. His poems have appeared in 2River View, Salt River Review, Free Cuisenart, Riding the Meridian, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. Contact him at david.weinstock@gmail.com.

Contact Riven Homewood or CeAaire DeCosta for more details

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Second Annual Compliments Duel, to benefit Relay for Life
May 11th, 2008
2 PM SLT
Caledon Loch Avie

JJ Drinkwater and Exrex Somme request the pleasure of your attendance (and your kind donation of Lindens to RFL) at their
Compliments Duel II - The Return of the Backhanded Compliment

The purpose of the duel, as it was last year, is to raise funds for the Relay for Life. Five Judgeships will be auctioned to the highest bidder - the first judgeship sold shall be the senior judge. The panel of Judges will determine the ultimate winner of the duel, based on such criteria as they determine. Her Grace of Loch Avie will conduct the auction, but she is also not precluded from bidding or being a judge.

Each of the duelists will pay their opponent five compliments, with the first passage du politesse determined by a coin flip made by the senior judge on the day. There is no restriction on the length, type, nature etc. of the compliments (although JJ is NOT allowed to bring a library with him to the duel).

Each Duelist will also have a tip jar present and we hope that you will donate if you like the turns of phrase produced. All proceeds from the sale of judgeships, tip jars etc. shall be paid into the Caledon Relay for Life Fund after the duel. You are also invited to cheer on your favourite, and appropriate witty comments from the audience are encouraged, nay, demanded.

In addition to the above, the office of Chevalier(e) du Politesse will be available (as all the best honorary offices traditionally are) to purchase, for the very reasonable price of L6,000. Holders of this office (in the Caledon Library Group) have the the right to display the title - “Politesse shines in”, and are authorized to improve the level of polite discourse and courtesy within and without Caledon for the upcoming year

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Story Session at the Falling Anvil: Bringing in the May
Mon, May 12, 5 – 8p:
The Falling Anvil Public House, Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/233/113/23/

The Lusty Month of May brings with it Maypole Dances, frolicks in the greenwood amongst the springtime flowers, and suchlike fertile and fecund shenanigans. Tammuz returns from the underworld to dance in the fields with Inanna, Persephone is freed from Hades and reunited with her mother, Demeter, and Jack-in-the-Green bids wood and meadow put forth leaf and blossom…and we all take Mom out for a nice Sunday Brunch. Come and share your stories of springtime rituals, and all that increases and multiplies.

Sponsored by the Caledon Library, the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, and the Storytelling Guild. Hosted by Mr. Aldo Stern