Archive for 'Librarian Events' Category
St. Pat’s Party - 3/12/09
17 March 2009On Thursday, March 12, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party in Second Life on our sim. The party featured a live DJ playing Celtic and blues songs. Approximately 85 people attended from the education and library communities. Many came with their avatars dressed in green for the occasion. [...]
ALA Midsummer’s Night Party
23 August 2008On Saturday, August 23, the American Library Association’s Membership Interest Group (MIG) hosted a Midsummer’s Night party on their sim. The purpose of this party was to network and socialize with the larger ALA and SL library communities. Attendees were encouraged to wear Shakespearean period costumes. While chatting, we were also entertained by a Tudor era trivia [...]
Beach Party on Investing InfoIsland
6 July 2008Yesterday, I attended a beach party at the new Investing InfoIsland sim. This sim is sponsored by the Alliance Library System and is an extension of the “Smart investing @ your library” program. This 60s-style beach blanket bingo party also involved a scavenger-hunt activity in which partygoers could go to various parts of the sim [...]
Nov SL Librarians Staff Meeting
25 November 2007Today, the Librarians of Second Life held their monthly staff meeting on the sim of Infotainment Island. Rather than have various people provide update reports on their projects, we brainstormed ideas for activities in the upcoming year. Some ideas included hosting educator conferences, a poetry festival, author events, guided tours, special classes about SL, and [...]
Librarians of Second Life “Go Hollywood”
10 November 2007Last night, I attended the bi-weekly networking party of the Librarians of Second Life group. These social events provide a platform for communication and collaboration. Last night’s party took place at the TX 950 Club. As I arrived, I noticed a red carpet rolled out to greet us. Librarians were dressed in their most glamorous ensembles. [...]
Art Reception - Mashup Islander
5 October 2007Tonight, I attended an art opening reception on Info Island. Sponsored by the SL Artslib group, the exhibit features virtual art sculptures created by avatar Mashup Islander. The event was very unusual and inspiring, as SL art, created by SL building tools, is unlike any other art. The exhibit will be in place through November 15th. Here is [...]
Librarian Party 5-11-07
14 May 2007Last Friday, the Second Life librarian community got together for another dance party at the TX950 entertainment area on Cybrary City. This is a great opportunity for the librarians to get together in a casual atmosphere to dance, chat, and catch up on each other’s lives and second lives.
Daruma Picnic Art Opening
29 April 2007
Last night, I attended an Art Exhibition created by avatar Daruma Picnic. Daruma’s art is unique because he creates it using SL building/scriping tools. The art is interactive so that the viewer can change colors in many of the pieces of artwork. Outside, he rezzed his Sound Sculpture which creates sounds as [...]
Librarians “Friday the 13th” Party
18 April 2007Last Friday, I attended a party on Cybrary City organized by SL librarians with a “Friday the 13th” focus. Most people came regular clothes, but I thought it would be fun to come as Morticia. I also added green hair and glowing green contacts to complete the picture. Why do librarians have virtual parties? In [...]
Opening of Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
2 April 2007Tonight I attended the opening of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. The library, which is on the west side of Cybrary City, has many resources of interest to those who need information about Kansas. There are links to Kansas resources, Local History and Geneology Resources, information specifically of interest to librarians, a state [...]