[OPLINTECH] FW: [calix] Fwd: Second Life The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds Conference

[Laura Solomon]

FYI.


 > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:11:53 -0800
 > From: savella at lib.ucdavis.edu
 > To: calix at lists.gseis.ucla.edu
 > Subject: [calix] Fwd: Second Life The Future is Now: Libraries and 
Museums in Virtual Worlds
 >
 >
 > Upcoming Conference: Save the Date!
 >
 > Subject: Second Life The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in 
Virtual Worlds
 >
 > Everyone is invited to participate in The Future is Now: Libraries and
 > Museums in Virtual Worlds, an online conference to be held on Friday and
 > Saturday, March 5-6, 2010 in OPAL, the webconferencing collaborative
 > service, in Second Life, and in other three-dimensional virtual worlds.
 >
 > Throughout this two-day conference there will be dozens of presentations,
 > panel discussions, poster sessions, demonstrations, tours, and social
 > events. You need not be proficient in virtual worlds to participate in
 > this conference. Orientation sessions will be held prior to the 
conference
 > dates.
 >
 > Keynote Speakers:
 > · Marilyn Johnson, author of the new book, This Book is Overdue! How
 > Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. She also wrote The Dead Beat:
 > Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries.
 > · Tom Atkinson teaches Instructional Technology at the U. of Central
 > Florida and has over 30 years of experience in designing, producing,
 > delivering, and evaluating interactive instruction on mobile learning
 > platforms and in virtual worlds
 > · Sharon Tettegah and Cynthia Colongne, co-authors of the 2009 book,
 > Identity, Learning and Support in Virtual Environments.
 >
 > Conference Website: http://bit.ly/7L8M1j
 > Registration Fees:
 > $25 for individuals who are members of the American Library Association
 > (ALA).
 > $45 for individuals who are not members of ALA.
 > $10 for individuals who are students, retired, or between jobs.
 > $75 for Groups (A group is defined as two or more individuals who are
 > currently directly affiliated with an organization. Participating 
members of
 > the registering organization need not be in the same location in the real
 > world when they attend conference events.)
 > Register Now: http://bit.ly/7cB88t
 > Twitter Hashtag: #FIN10
 >
 > Poster Session Proposals: Although the deadline for submitting program
 > proposals has passed, the deadline for poster session proposals is 
Monday,
 > March 1, 2010. See the conference website for details.
 > Sponsor: LearningTimes (http://www.learningtimes.org/), an open community
 > of education and training professionals.
 > Conference Co-Organizers: ALA VCL MIG (Virtual Communities & Libraries,
 > Member Initiative Group), ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group, the 
Alliance
 > Library System, and TAP Information Services.
 > Conference Archive: We plan to record and archive as many events as
 > possible. Only paid registrants, presenters, and members of the 
conference
 > planning team will have access to the conference archive for 3 months 
after
 > the conclusion of the conference. On June 6, 2010 the conference archive
 > will be made available to everyone.
 > More Information: Please contact Tom Peters (816.616.6746;
 > tpeters at tapinformation.com)
 >
 > --
 > Lori Bell
 > Director of Innovation
 > Alliance Library System
 > 600 High Point Lane
 > East Peoria, IL 61611
 > (309)694-9200 ext. 2128
 > skype: lbell927
 > lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com
 > lbell927 at gmail.com
 > "Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries"
 > http://books.infotoday.com/books/VirtualWorlds.shtml
 >
 >
 >

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