[Siguse-l] Join us in Second Life during our Symposium, and the conference!

[Crystal Fulton]

Hi there,

If you are unable to join us in person at ASIS&T, why not attend via Second Life?  Details on getting involved are provided below.  Diane Nahl is coordinating our virtual conference participation and will be providing an orientation for new avatars. 


Collaborative Information Seeking and Sharing: An Annual Research Symposium of the Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use, in celebration of the SIG USE 10th Anniversary, held jointly in Vancouver, BC and on ASIST Island in Second Life.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:30-6 pm SLT/PSTNew Avatar Orientation: 12:30-1:15 pm SLT/PSTNew Avatar Orientation site: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ASIST%20Island/168/70/25Conference site: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ASIST%20Island/84/132/27Paste the SLURL into a Web browser to login and teleport to the location.

Get a Second Life Account:
1.) Registering for a free SL account requires name and email. Go to https://join.secondlife.com or use the convenient procedure set up for academics through this Web site: http://virtualability.org/signup.aspx (You may skip the Assistive Technology and Information Request pages)

2.) Think carefully about choosing your avatar name, it cannot be changed; although you can create multiple avatars.

3.) You get your account and avatar immediately upon registering. You can then download the free Second Life client software.

After downloading the SL client you can login for the first time. You will land at the Orientation area on Virtual Ability Island.

4.) Teleport immediately to ASIST Island by clicking or pasting this link into a Web browser. It opens a Web page with a Teleport button that takes you directly to the ASIST Island SIG USE building for New Avatar Orientation at 12:30 pm SLT/PST http://slurl.com/secondlife/ASIST%20Island/168/70/25


Dr. Crystal Fulton
UCD School of Information and Library Studies (SILS)
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 716 7593
Fax: +353 1 716 1161


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