Archive for July, 2008

  • Info Island and Libraries in Second Life this week

    Investing InfoIsland
    Join us on Investing InfoIsland as Idsz of March presents “Rules of Retirement” on Tuesday July 22
    at 7 pm sl. Idsz will discuss the traditional way people save and invest for retirement and how that is changing.
    The program will be held near the cafe on the waterfront. Contact Lorelei Junot for more information.
    Join [...]

  • As the Virtual Worlds Turn

    Newsbreak from Information Today on Google Lively and Vivaty
    http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=49931

  • Info Island and Libraries in Second Life this week

    SciFi Fantasy Gallery
    Wednesday July 16 at 1 pm and Saturday July 19 at 1 pm
    Book of the Month Discussion
    featuring Paul Levinson’s THE SILK CODE
    For more information contact Franja Russell.
    Cybrary City 1
    Advanced Second Life Features: An Interactive Potluck, August 7, 2008 8:00 a.m. SLT & 3:00 p.m. SLT, Open Auditorium on Cybrary City 1(http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/124/157/24). [...]

  • Conference on Literature in Virtual Worlds

    Conference on Literature in Virtual Worlds
    On August 4th, 2008, and again on August 6th, Alliance Library System, in cooperation with LearningTimes, will offer a one-day conference exploring the possibilities of using virtual worlds to teach literature and to promote its appreciation for people of all ages. The conference, titled “Stepping into Literature: [...]