NORASIST Presents

SECOND LIFE 101

By:

LAURA SOLOMON
Web Applications Supervisor
Cleveland Public Library
http://library20.ning.com/profile/lebachai

Time and location:

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Place: Mackin Room, Grasselli Library, John Carroll University 20700 North Park Blvd University Heights OH 44118

We will meet at 6 p.m. for dinner of wraps and salad, with an update by members who have attended ASIST Annual Conference, followed by the program SECOND LIFE 101.

Program description:

Virtual worlds such as Second Life are growing at incredible rates. Learn what Second Life is and about the InfoIsland Library Project that has now become an archipelago of more than 20 large islands in less than a year. Discover the opportunities and challenges of working in this type of environment and why a presence in this kind of environment may or may not be beneficial for your library.

Click here for the presentation podcast (slides and audio) (It’s about 124 MB. The video is almost an hour long).

Registration:

The program is free but there is a $15 charge for dinner. Students, between jobs and retired pay $12 for dinner. On the menu: wraps and salad.

Reservations, please by Friday, November 9, 2007! We need the list of attendees for parking arrangements. For reservations contact:

Penny O'Connor
pjo@earthlink.net
216-676-4859 (leave a message)
4534 Grayton Road
Cleveland OH 44135-2324

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Directions to Grasselli Library:

Directions to Grasselli Library: http://www.jcu.edu/library/location/location.htm

Parking: if you Mapquest 20680 North Park Blvd, Shaker Heights, 44118. That will get you to Pizzazz. There, you turn right, drive about 50 yards to the guard house. After checking in with the guard, turn right. Then follow the drive around the edge of campus to Administration Drive. Turn left, go half a block to a jog in the drive, where you turn left into the temporary lot. The library is on the far side of the lot. The Mackin Room is in the basement, down the stairs near the reference desk. Then jog to the right and go straight ahead to the Lecture Room at the end of the hall.