Archive for the ‘Discussion’ Category

  • Alexandrian Free Library: Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Steeltopia, Deadwood & Al Andalus Library Events for April 20- 28 2009

    New Series at the Caledon Library!
    Folklore of the British Isles with Afsaneh Metaluna
    3rd Mondays, 4pm
    Inaugural lecture, Mon, April 20, 4pm – 5pm
    Tinyville Library, Tinyville, Caledon Tanglewood
    http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tanglewood/23/214/23/
    Folklorist Afsenah Metaluna will guide us in a new exploration each month; with illustrative stories and her own commentary she’ll expose to our understanding some facet of the rich and [...]

  • SL… Why Bother?

    There’s a fascinating discussion / debate going on about whether SJSU SLIS* should be involved with Second Life, over at the SLIS21 blog (which I guess is a reference to the 21st Century). Check it out and post your own comments here:
    http://senna.sjsu.edu/lmain/wpress/wordpress/?p=58
    * San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science

  • Privacy in Virtual Worlds

    Almost all major websites have a “Privacy Policy”. What’s the analogous thing for places in virtual worlds?

    There’s usually a link to a website’s privacy policy near the bottom of the page. For example, the Yahoo! Privacy Policy (at least for the USA) is at http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
    Privacy policies typically tell you what personal information the [...]

  • Library Buzz – Book Discussion

    On Nov. 8th, Stolvano Barbosa let us in a lively discussion of David Weinberger’s,
    Everything Is Miscellaneous : The Power of the
    New Digital Disorder. Many thanks Stolvano! We are looking forward to doing more book discussions for librarians soon! Transcript attachedNov. 8 Book Buzz for those who could not attend.