Ben/HVX has created some new videos on Second Life and posted them to YouTube. She has a blog which is also a great resource for students and faculty interested in learning about Second Life for the first time. One may visit her blog and see her videos by clicking on this link called Second Tours.
Other faculty members working with her on an introductory class to Second Life offered through the University Extension (UC Davis) are: Peter Yellowlees MD, Marty Leamon MD and James (Linden) Cook MD (who is one of the people working on the new viewer). Peter and James are the Virtual Hallucinations docs.
-Bernadette Daly Swanson
University of California Davis
Carlson Health Sciences Library
http://people.lib.ucdavis.edu/~bswanson/
HVX Silverstar in SL
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Marcia Rodney Speaks on Security Issues in Social Media on August 25th
Library Buzz: What Doors Did You Leave Open? a look at security issues in social media
Speaker: Marcia (Marcy) Rodney, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
When: August 25, 2009 - 6pm PT/SLT (9pm Eastern Time)
Where: Info Island Auditorium
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33
Social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are fabulous! However, what doors did you leave open? You'll see real examples, and we'll discuss issues and best practices around security and privacy when using these tools and also how to find information using these tools.
Marcia Rodney has been with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for more than six years, initially as senior analyst in library services reporting to strategic intelligence, and also supporting the scientific and engineering staff. She now works as an operations analyst, reporting to the Albuquerque office of Ball's Systems Engineering Solutions business unit. Marcia both tracks and teaches social networking for her team. Prior to her work with Ball, Marcia was part of the competitive intelligence team at Qwest, supported technical research at Maxtor (now Seagate), worked at the Earth Sciences and Maps Libraries at CU-Boulder, and in long ago chapters was librarian for Communication Arts and a researcher at CBS News. As principal analyst for her own firm, RSL Research Group, she works on survey design and analysis, primarily in the library field, as well as supporting small business clients. Marcia is looking forward to more time on her bike and a different kind of searching.
-Posted by Pat Alderman to alliancesecond listserve
Speaker: Marcia (Marcy) Rodney, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
When: August 25, 2009 - 6pm PT/SLT (9pm Eastern Time)
Where: Info Island Auditorium
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33
Social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are fabulous! However, what doors did you leave open? You'll see real examples, and we'll discuss issues and best practices around security and privacy when using these tools and also how to find information using these tools.
Marcia Rodney has been with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for more than six years, initially as senior analyst in library services reporting to strategic intelligence, and also supporting the scientific and engineering staff. She now works as an operations analyst, reporting to the Albuquerque office of Ball's Systems Engineering Solutions business unit. Marcia both tracks and teaches social networking for her team. Prior to her work with Ball, Marcia was part of the competitive intelligence team at Qwest, supported technical research at Maxtor (now Seagate), worked at the Earth Sciences and Maps Libraries at CU-Boulder, and in long ago chapters was librarian for Communication Arts and a researcher at CBS News. As principal analyst for her own firm, RSL Research Group, she works on survey design and analysis, primarily in the library field, as well as supporting small business clients. Marcia is looking forward to more time on her bike and a different kind of searching.
-Posted by Pat Alderman to alliancesecond listserve
Friday, August 7, 2009
Filmmaker Produces Virtual World Movie in Second Life
Central Florida Memory in Second Life! – Video Tours Available
In the summer of 2008, the Orange County Library System (OCLS) brought the Central Florida Memory project (www.cfmemory.org) to a new audience through an interactive exhibit built within the virtual world of Second Life (www.secondlife.com).
OCLS has now produced two video tours to introduce, promote, and explain both the exhibit and the project. The videos utilize machinima, the art of producing computer animated films through pre-existing 3D environments, to tell the stories of historic Central Florida.
Viewers follow the adventures of Nik Mortenwold (real world OCLS employee Nick Martinolich) as he explores a turn of the century Florida homestead complete with cracker house, barn, school house, and more. Nick interacts with the residents of the exhibit to learn more about their daily lives and routines.
Nick, who holds a degree in film from the University of Central Florida, was excited to branch into a new medium of filmmaking. He comments, “It is exciting to think of all the innovations in film and video that have laid the groundwork for the freedom in creation we have today. The ability for a single individual with a computer to tell a complete story is one of the beauties of machinima and is providing independence to filmmakers like never before.”
Visitors to the virtual exhibit are treated to an interactive and immersive experience that allows them to witness history first hand in an open and free roaming environment. Visitors are also provided with resources on starting a digitization project, the types of documents included in Central Florida Memory, and much more.
Go to www.ocls.info/about/collaborations.asp
to find out more information about the exhibit and to view the videos.
Questions about the videos or machinima can be directed to martinolich.nicholas@ocls.info. *In World* questions can be sent to Nik Mortenwold. The exhibit and videos are available on an ongoing basis.
-Lori Bell
In the summer of 2008, the Orange County Library System (OCLS) brought the Central Florida Memory project (www.cfmemory.org) to a new audience through an interactive exhibit built within the virtual world of Second Life (www.secondlife.com).
OCLS has now produced two video tours to introduce, promote, and explain both the exhibit and the project. The videos utilize machinima, the art of producing computer animated films through pre-existing 3D environments, to tell the stories of historic Central Florida.
Viewers follow the adventures of Nik Mortenwold (real world OCLS employee Nick Martinolich) as he explores a turn of the century Florida homestead complete with cracker house, barn, school house, and more. Nick interacts with the residents of the exhibit to learn more about their daily lives and routines.
Nick, who holds a degree in film from the University of Central Florida, was excited to branch into a new medium of filmmaking. He comments, “It is exciting to think of all the innovations in film and video that have laid the groundwork for the freedom in creation we have today. The ability for a single individual with a computer to tell a complete story is one of the beauties of machinima and is providing independence to filmmakers like never before.”
Visitors to the virtual exhibit are treated to an interactive and immersive experience that allows them to witness history first hand in an open and free roaming environment. Visitors are also provided with resources on starting a digitization project, the types of documents included in Central Florida Memory, and much more.
Go to www.ocls.info/about/collaborations.asp
to find out more information about the exhibit and to view the videos.
Questions about the videos or machinima can be directed to martinolich.nicholas@ocls.info. *In World* questions can be sent to Nik Mortenwold. The exhibit and videos are available on an ongoing basis.
-Lori Bell
Monday, August 3, 2009
August Issue of RezLibris
Available at: http://www.rezlibris.com!
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
Second Life librarians at the ALA Chicago conference
Frank Lloyd Wright arrives in Second Life!
NASA events Celebrate 40th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Mission
EDTECH Island: Boise University Offers Creative Education Resources for Learning in SL Venue of the Month: The Jazz Cat Dance club
Poetry Month’s Poetry Quest Machinima
Having fun at Prim Hearts! A Realistic Amusement Park
Performer Showcase: Juel Resistance
Editorial: Collaboration in Second life
Volunteers of the Month June/July: Alice Burgess & Adra Letov
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
Second Life librarians at the ALA Chicago conference
Frank Lloyd Wright arrives in Second Life!
NASA events Celebrate 40th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Mission
EDTECH Island: Boise University Offers Creative Education Resources for Learning in SL Venue of the Month: The Jazz Cat Dance club
Poetry Month’s Poetry Quest Machinima
Having fun at Prim Hearts! A Realistic Amusement Park
Performer Showcase: Juel Resistance
Editorial: Collaboration in Second life
Volunteers of the Month June/July: Alice Burgess & Adra Letov
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