Want to Get Involved in Second Life?

Message below from Abbey Zenith

We have a few regular events we do at Alliance Virtual Library that could use someone to adopt them :) I'd like to encourage people that aren't already heavily involved but would like to make a significant contribution to what we do at AVL to consider managing or helping with these. They are a great way to meet people and network!

RL Librarian Chat - a monthly discussion series that features real life librarians talking about their RL jobs. They are a great way for us to hear about what others are doing and of great interest to students and new librarians. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month.

Library Buzz Sessions - not a regularly scheduled event, the Buzz sessions take place whenever we can find someone who wants to share a presentation, lead a panel or discussion on a library topic (RL or SL), etc. The person managing this event could make it into a monthly discussion (or more often) if they like. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing these events may take 1-5 hours a month, depending on event frequency.

Peace Park - Peace Park is a religious resource area that provides information on major religions and philosophies. We strive to do book discussions on all religions there and would like to start a new series of discussions - "Hot Topics in Religion". You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month. For this group it is important that the person that manages be open to discussions on any religion or philosophy - the mission for Peace Park is to provide resources, and encourage tolerance and the sharing of information.


Please contact Abbey Zenith if you are interested in managing or working with a group on any of these events.