My personal thoughts are similar. Even if we do not maintain a presence, we better understand these various of communication, collaboration, and socialization. I use Second Life a little. I participate when events occur that interest me. So far my "users" are not there, but I have found many personal events. I have virtually attended conferences, meetings, poster sessions, and other activities that Icould not have attended in-person. I also have made contact with and continue to communicate with librarians that did not attend the same conferences as me or are in different types of libraries. It has been very helpful to hear perspectives on issues from other types of librarians and/or experience the activities they are promoting to their users. Brian Gray Case Western Reserve University mindspiral-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org On 6/21/07, Leo Robert Klein public.gmane.org> wrote: (Source: gmane.education.web4lib)