Current Halloween ALA Island Programs, other Second Life Event Info

29 October 2009 | 11:21 | ACRL in SL - ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries in Second Life, ALA Connect, ALA Island Member Lounge, ALA VCL MIG Member Sightings, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform, International Schools 2, Other SL Locations, SJSU SLIS Island, Second Life, Second Life Users Group on ALA Connect, Story Hour Garden, Virtual Communities and Libraries on ALA Connect, Virtual Worlds Interest Group (ACRL - Association of College and Research Libraries) on ALA Connect | No Comments

For the most up-to-date information on what’s at ALA Island in Second Life, become a Fan of the ALA Island — http://www.facebook.com/ALAIsland

Or follow the ALA Island Twitter feed — http://twitter.com/ala_island

On ALA Connect: Virtual Communities and Libraries, Second Life Users Group, and Virtual Worlds Interest Group (ACRL - Association of College and Research Libraries)
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Banned Books Week 2009 on ALA Island in Second Life!

28 September 2009 | 14:59 | AL Focus Video Village, ALA Island Main Stage, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Banned Books Week Town Square, Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform, Salon Huron, Story Hour Garden | No Comments

2009 Banned Books Week began Saturday, September 26, and ends Saturday, October 3!
Tuesday, September 29th
Banned Books Week and the Children’s Librarian at 5:00 pm Pacific Time/Second Life Time at Main Stage, ALA Island (130, 103, 31) — A group discussion about issues related to selection policies, intellectual freedom, and handling challenges as they pertain to [...]



Announcing the Virtual Worlds Interest Group of ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL, a division of ALA)

1 August 2009 | 10:58 | ACRL in SL - ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries in Second Life, ALA Connect, ALA VCL MIG Member Sightings, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Worlds Interest Group (ACRL - Association of College and Research Libraries) on ALA Connect | No Comments

Success! As mentioned in the May 21st entry, 25 signatures from members of ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL, a division of ALA) were indeed collected and the accompanying proposal approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, and so the ACRL Second Life Task Force has been “promoted” to the ACRL Virtual Worlds [...]



Hear excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Wife: Unabridged Edition Audiobook on ALA Island in Second Life®

1 August 2009 | 9:48 | ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Second Life, Story Hour Garden | No Comments

CHICAGO – ALA Island, the Second Life® (SL) virtual world presence of the American Library Association (ALA), has been granted permission by the HighBridge Company to make a six-minute excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Wife: Unabridged Edition audiobook available to its avatar visitors.
SL residents can teleport to Story Hour Garden on [...]



Author Carleen Brice appearing at Story Mountain in Second Life TODAY, 7/26, at 3:30 pm PT/SLT

26 July 2009 | 11:26 | ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Author Visits, Story Mountain | No Comments

Looking to see if bestselling author Connie Briscoe/Second Life’s Zillow Dejavu would be visiting Second Life again anytime soon, as I missed the June 28 meeting of her Second Salon Book Club in Second Life, which featured Briscoe speaking with Kimberla Lawson Roby, I found out that Briscoe will be in Second Life TODAY, Sunday, [...]



Second Life & Virtual World-related programs @ 2009 ALA Annual Conference

10 July 2009 | 13:35 | AL Focus Video Village, ALA Connect, ALA Island Main Stage, ALA VCL MIG Member Sightings, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Kay Tairov, Oberon Octagon, Second Life, Second Life Users Group on ALA Connect, Virtual Communities and Libraries on ALA Connect | No Comments

The Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group meeting for the 2009 ALA Annual Conference – taking place in the hometown of ALA Headquarters: Chicago, IL! — will take place in real life on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at 3:00 pm CT (1:00 pm PT/SLT), at National Louis University, which is located at 122 S. [...]



Virtual Conference During Annual Conference

9 July 2009 | 13:03 | Announcements, Kay Tairov, Virtual Conference 2009 | No Comments

Note from Tina Coleman @ ALA:
I’m not sure what your final plans are for attending ALA Annual Conference this week, but I wanted to make sure you knew about the Virtual Conference we’re holding next Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14.  It is the best option - if you can’t be there in person [...]



Library Buzz on Info Island Tonight at 5 pm PT/SLT: Kay Tairov and Oberon Octagon!

17 June 2009 | 15:03 | ALA VCL MIG Member Sightings, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Info Island, Second Life | No Comments

Library Buzz on Info Island - Discussion with ALA: Oberon Octagon, Kay Tairov Live in Second Life Tonight at 5 pm PT/SLT - RSVP at the Facebook Event Page at http://ow.ly/eFcH



See the ALA’s newest READ posters on display at ALA Island

4 June 2009 | 12:33 | ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, READ Posters Display | No Comments

As mentioned in the ALA Island I Love Libraries Library Showcase article–
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/news/libraryshowcase
You can see the newest celebrity READ posters of the American Library Association on display on ALA Island — on our Meta_Lab Whiteboard under the Galen Noltenius Sky Platform. Or go directly to the READ Posters Display on ALA Island (200, 140, 28).
Slideshow display [...]



New on ALA Island for June 2009!

3 June 2009 | 11:38 | AL Focus Video Village, ALA Island Member Lounge, ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Authors, Banned Books Week Town Square, Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform, virtual worlds | No Comments

The latest videos and podcast available “on demand” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on ALA Island –
2009 Chicago Annual Conference Promo: What are YOU looking forward to, this summer?
Galen Noltenius Sky Platform on ALA Island (206, 100, 46)
Produced by ALA Conference Services, this video features plenty of your colleagues discussing the value [...]