Second Life A Science Library Presence in Virtual Reality

Second Life is an online virtual environment populated by 3-dimensional graphical representations of over 330,000 people. The Second Life Library 2.0 project endeavors "to utilize the programs currently offered online to librarians and library users to extend the programs to the Second Life vir...

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Published inScience & technology libraries (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 79 - 86
Main Author Swanson, Kari
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 10.07.2007
Haworth Press
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3-D
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Library and documentation centre management
library possibilities
Sciences and techniques of general use
Second Life
User service management
Virtual environment
Virtual libraries
Virtual reality
Electronic environment
Virtual environment
User service
library possibilities
Virtual reality
Collective process
3-D
Electronic library
Virtual community
second life
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Summary:Second Life is an online virtual environment populated by 3-dimensional graphical representations of over 330,000 people. The Second Life Library 2.0 project endeavors "to utilize the programs currently offered online to librarians and library users to extend the programs to the Second Life virtual reality game" ( http://infoisland.org/about/ accessed October 13, 2006). The virtual environment of Second Life offers the potential for radical changes in the way information and services are provided and also in the way librarians, library users and information interact. Practical issues that may affect library services in the Second Life environment include issues of appropriate copy, permissions, authentication, and limitations of functionality in Second Life for security reasons (e.g., XML-related scripts in Second Life are currently non-functional due to concerns over their potential for use in dangerous or illegal ways such as to create denial of service attacks). Librarians in Second Life are collaborating with users to bring them resources and services in numerous areas, including science, in traditional and new, innovative ways. doi:10.1300/J122v27n03_06
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ISSN:0194-262X
1541-1109
DOI:10.1300/J122v27n03_06