[Asis-l] 6 May, noon SL time: Starting from zero: a librarian's involvement in a major SL initiative

[Sheila Webber]

***"Starting from zero: a librarian's involvement in a major Second Life
initiative" (Razitra Artizar)
When: Thursday 6 May 2010,  noon-1pm SL time (which is the same as Pacific time
USA, see http://tinyurl.com/2a3348z for times in other places round the world)
Where: In the virtual world, Second Life on Infolit iSchool
The location is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/129/242/22/
(you need a SL avatar and the SL browser installed, to participate)

The Texas University  system embarked on the largest academic undertaking in
Second Life, involving a learning and teaching environment of 50 islands.
Razitra Artizar (Sarah Jones in RL) a librarian at the University of Texas at
Arlington, USA, will talk about her involvement in the initiative: the
opportunities for faculty collaboration,  challenges, lessons learned, and
factors in success. Presentation in voice, discussion in text chat.

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Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, 
211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
0114 222 2641
s.webber at sheffield.ac.uk
The information literacy weblog - http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
Sheila Yoshikawa (SL) blog: http://adventuresofyoshikawa.blogspot.com/