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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 [...]



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 [...]



NLW 2009: Debrief

« 30 April 2009 | 12:27 | ALA Connect, ALA Island Main Stage, Banned Books Week Town Square, Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform, National Library Week, Second Life, Sky Book Platform, virtual worlds | No Comments »

Posted by Oberon Octagon
For those who don’t know what NLW stands for (I was asked this on two occasions on the ALA Main Stage in Second Life), it stands for National Library Week. This was our second year in SL celebrating NLW. The theme was Worlds Connect @yourlibrary and Island staff tried to make connections with [...]



Judith Krug Video in Banned Books Week Town Square

« 21 April 2009 | 12:40 | ALALibraryVal Miles, Announcements, Banned Books Week Town Square | No Comments »

Right in the middle of Banned Books Week Town Square on ALA Island (197, 53, 61), you can watch Judith Krug’s appearances on the “Open Mind” PBS TV show, courtesy of the Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Judith%20Krug
The episode pictured above is from 2004, and is available to view in-world in Second Life now. In the coming [...]



But wait; there’s more! - 2009 National Library Week Events on ALA Island

« 12 April 2009 | 0:22 | ALA VCL MIG Member Sightings, ALALibraryVal Miles, Authors, Banned Books Week Town Square, Galen Noltenius Sky (Video) Platform, ISTE, Midwinter, SLCN.TV, SLymposium 2008, Salon Huron | 2 Comments »

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 [...]