Archivo mensual: junio 2007

LibGuides: The Web 2.0 Library Knowledge Sharing System (in Facebook)Source [http://www.springshare.com/index.html]Welcome to Springshare! Springshare tools enable you to publish useful information, share knowledge, and discover new resources. You can create online communities and social networks centered around the resources at your library, school, or academic department … .LibGuidesLibGuides is a Web 2.0 library knowledge sharing system. Think of it as social networks meets wikis meets bookmarks meets blogs … LibGuides helps librarians share knowledge and information, while highlighting and promoting the library resources and services to the community.LibGuides is a system for publishing information and creating social networks centered around the library resources. Librarians create Guides (we use the word loosely – it can be any content, on any topic, for any purpose) and then publish them online. The Guides contain documents, links, podcasts, RSS feeds, videos, etc. Users can participate in interactive polls and rate the links and resources. The system supports tagging of content. The homepage displays the tag cloud listing the most popular tags, and the most recent content published. LibGuides delivers relevant information to patrons, while encouraging them to browse the library resources via tags and subject keywords … .LibGuides is also available from Facebook, enabling your users to access the library content, chat with reference librarians, and even search the catalog, all from their Facebook homepage. The system is fully customizable, enabling you to offer a cutting-edge Web 2.0 tool with your library brand on it.Source [http://www.springshare.com/libguides/index.html]Facebook IntegrationFacebook is one of the fastest growing websites, with the projected user base of 50M by the end of 2007. Most college students already use Facebook, but increasingly the alumni and the high school students are also signing on. … Sigue leyendo →

On two posts on Infoisland.org the Second Life Library project gives information on a very exciting new project connected to HealthInfo Island focussed on exhibits, programs, and awareness about accessibility and assistive technology and about virtual world accessibility to people with disabilities. Please excuse the partly reproduction of the post below. I think it is that important!

Libraries on the MUVe: HealthInfo Island to Provide Accessibility Resource Center in Second Life.
The Alliance Library System receives grant to provide resources on MUVEs and accessibility.

Alliance Library System(ALS) and iViNNiE.com are pleased to announce new services to be offered on HealthInfo Island in the 3d virtual world of Second Life.
Alliance received a grant from the National Library of Medicine Greater Midwest Region to build upon the consumer health outreach currently done on HealthInfo Island. HealthInfo Island is part of the Alliance Info Archipelago, a group of islands collaborating to provide library and educational services. ……..
Through this project, ALS will offer exhibits, programs, and awareness about accessibility and assistive technology and about virtual world accessibility in general for Second Life residents. iViNNiE.com is funding the accessibility resource center which will provide a wealth of information on accessibility, second life training programs, and be staffed for several hours per week.
iViNNiE.com is also providing funding for scholarships for up to 60 individuals with disabilities to join Second Life. “We are very pleased to offer these much needed information services and access to people with disabilities,” stated Kitty Pope, Executive Director of the Alliance Library System. “There are currently a number of supportgroups for stroke victims, autism, augsberger syndrome and a number of others. Many of these people cannot leave their homes and will benefit from library services we can provide online. … Sigue leyendo →

Virtual World Librarianship
In the last two weeks, two sessions of Virtual World Librarianship with 20 students in each class have been held on Info Island. More sessions are planned later this summer.
Library staff and other interested individuals are learning about how to provide library services and education in Second Life including how to develop exhibits, collections and resources, reference services, skills needed to be a librarian in the virtual world and more. The course is a six week non credit course offered by the University of Illinois Graduate
School of Library and Information Science and the Alliance Library System.
Instructors include well-known sl librarians such as Abbey Zenith, Puglet Dancer, JJ Drinkwater, Hypatia Dejavu and others. For more information on these courses, contact Lorelei Junot.
Alliance Library System receives grant to provide resources on MUVEs and accessibility
Alliance Library System(ALS) is pleased to announce new services to be offered on HealthInfo Island in the 3d virtual world of Second Life. Alliance received a grant from the National Library of Medicine Greater Midwest Region to build upon the consumer health outreach currently done on HealthInfo Island. HealthInfo Island is part of the Alliance Info Archipelago, a group of islands collaborating to provide library and educational services. Through this project, ALS will offer exhibits, programs, and awareness about accessibility and assistive technology and about virtual world accessibility in general for Second Life residents.
The library is also working on obtaining funding to offer additional services in this area.
Project Coordinator is Katt Kongo. For further information on the grant and activities, please contact Lorelei Junot or Katt Kongo. … Sigue leyendo →