http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence Weblog for the Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group of the American Library Association Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:08:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=395 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=387 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" ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=380 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. [caption id="attachment_376" align="aligncenter" width="300" ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=374 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=364 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=348 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=345 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 http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=343 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=338 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 ... http://www.virtual.ala.org/virtualpresence/?p=334