Alliance Library System and OPAL are teaming up to extend the programs currently offered online to librarians and library users to the Second Life virtual environment. Many libraries of all kinds offer events, lectures, exhibit, collections and training in Second Life.

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of people from around the globe. There are shopping malls, events, homes, lands of different types, and best of all, participants can contribute content, buildings, and other digital creations.

For more information, email Lori Bell at lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com

AVL LIBRARY LOCATIONS

Info Island  – Visit

• Amphitheater (Meeting Area) — Visit inworld
• AVL Training Area — Visit inworld
• Genealogy Research Center — Visit inworld
• Heartsease Garden — Visit inworld
• Library Gallery — Visit inworld
• Mystery Manor — Visit inworld
• Peace Park — Visit inworld
• Science Center — Visit inworld
• SF/Fantasy Center — Visit inworld
• Stonewall Learning Center — Visit inworld
• Virtual Learning Library — Visit inworld

Info Island International

• The Reference Desk  — More info – Visit inworld
• The Learning Curve — More info — Visit inworld
• China Cafe– Visit inworld
• Graduate Library & Info Science Student Union– Visit inworld
• Hope for Women of the World– Visit inworld
• Illumination Library — Visit inworld
• International Plaza — Visit inworld
• Jazz Cat Dance Club — Visit inworld
• Japanese Garden — Visit inworld
• Spanish Language Center — Visit inworld
• The Henry James House — Visit inworld
• World Geography — Visit inworld

Imagination Island

• Rachelville — more info — Visit  inworld
• Mythica Library — Visit inworld
• Barnes Space Station — Visit inworld
• Ocean’s Roar — Visit inworld
• The Secret Garden — Visit inworld

Cybrary City II – Visit
Health Info Island — more info – Visit
Innovation Island — Visit
Karuna — Visit
Virtual Ability — Visit

OTHER LIBRARIES IN SECOND LIFE

The Caledon Branch Library – Visit – more info
Cybrary City I — Visit