Virtual Presence

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 [...]

ALA’s newly renovated I Love Libraries web site features ALA Island in its Library Showcase, starting today! As explained in the article –
…Like ALA’s Library, which I work for as a Library Reference Specialist, the ALA Island doesn’t have traditional library resources on a variety of topics as a public library would have (and which [...]

There’s been a change to the order of events for the 2009 National Library Week on ALA Island in Second Life (SL) –
The ALA Connect Presentation by Jenny Levine (Cielo Paris in SL) will now be on THURSDAY, APRIL 16, at 9 am Pacific Time/Second Life Time. It will still be on the Main Stage [...]

More to see and hear for the 2009 National Library Week on ALA Island!
As April is School Library Media Month, and, with the permission of SLCN.TV, you can watch at the Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform the recent entry in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Eduverse Talks series, Beyond the Dewey Decimal [...]

“Worlds connect @ your library” in Second Life
CHICAGO - In celebration of National Library Week, the American Library Association (ALA) will host a series of “Worlds connect @ your library” events in Second Life (SL). “Worlds connect @ your library” is the 2009 theme for National Library Week.
This year’s attractions and events in Second Life [...]

Salon Huron returns today, February 26, 2009, with a discussion led by co-ALA Island Manager Kay Tairov, our chief building visionary. She’ll be talking on the idea recently floated out about a possible grid merge, of Teen Second Life with (Adult) Second Life, the opportunities and the challenges. What do you think? Have an opinion–? [...]

Carrie Pennell will lead a discussion at 3:30 pm Second Life Time/Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at Salon Huron on ALA Island (196, 206, 29) on book discussions in Second Life. Everyone is welcome — especially regular attendees to Carrie’s book discussion programs!
If you have other ideas/topics for discussion, please send an [...]

This week’s discussion leader at Salon Huron on ALA Island  (196, 206, 29) at 3:30 PST/SLT will be Honoria Paine — who is Debbi Duncan in real life, a technical services and library systems librarian for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She may be the first academic librarian who works FULL TIME in Second Life [...]

This week’s Salon Huron table talk discussion on ALA Island ( 196, 206, 29) on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at 3:30 pm Pacific Standard Time/Second Life Time will be led by the newly crowned Alliance Library System (IL) Librarian of the Year, Barbara Galik, known in Second Life as Puglet Dancer. She will speak about [...]

Is your library participating in the ALA National Gaming Day on Saturday, November 15, 2008?
http://delicious.com/alalibrary/alagamingday08
This week’s Salon Huron on ALA Island on Thursday, October 30, at 3:30 pm Second Life Time/Pacific Time will be led by Sonja Morgwain. The discussion topic is National Gaming Day - share ideas, what your library is doing, etc. The [...]