1. Stumbling, Bumbling, Teleporting & Flying… a Librarian Avatar in “ Second Life ” Esther Grassian (aka Alexandria Knight) UCLA College Library Rev. 7 Oct 2006

2. Alexandria Knight

3. Agenda What is Second Life (SL)? Who’s Involved? Examples: Library & Librarian Involvement & Fun Questions Welcome!

4. What is “Second Life” (SL)? MMOG/MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role- Playing Game >841,000 Registered Users 25%+ Increase/Month Based on Snow Crash (Stephenson)

5. Virtual World? Currency = Linden $$ Newspaper = “Metaverse Messenger” Objects Designed by Residents Intellectual Property Rights Respected >7000 Businesses

6. More… Top Ten SL Entrepreneurs: >$200,000/year Linden Lab’s Profit $20/virtual acre/month = $1 million/month + cut of currency exchange: L$ & US$ L$280 = US$1

8. SL Demographics (2 Aug 2006)… 50/50 Male/Female Participants Median age: 33 75% U.S. Participants [early summer] 57% U.S. Participants [20 Aug 2006] “Second Life Statistics.” The Electric Sheep Company; “Statistics Update.” The Electric Sheep Company

9. Businesses…

10. More…

11. Marketing/Advertising

12. More…

13. More Advertising…

14. “Metaverse Messenger” Kiosk

15. Caledon (19 th century Sim)

16. Elven Glen

17. Campuses San Diego State University NMC (New Media Consortium) 50 more in development…

18. San Diego State University

19. SDSU WebQuest

20. NMC Campus

21. Research Studies & Social & Political Events Are they real? Are they authoritative?

22. Heart Murmur Sim

23. Heart Murmur Sim…

24. Fictional! “This exhibit is for your entertainment only. None of the medical information presented here should be taken as true. Consider this a work of fiction, not to provide instruction on medical diagnosis or treatment. Needless to say, I don't practice medicine or dispense medical services through this exhibit. Call a doctor!” Kemp, Jeremy. “Notices and Disclaimers…”

25. Svarga

26. Fictional, but… "If I was to turn off the clouds the whole system would die in about six hours… Turn off the bees and [the plants stop] growing, because nothing gets pollinated. And it's the transfer of pollen that signals the plants to drop seeds. The seeds blow in the wind, and if they land on good ground according to different rules for each species, they grow when they receive rain water from the clouds. It's all interdependent.” Laukosargas Svarog, “Second Life Virtual Ecosystem New World Notes”

28. Realistic attempt to replicate… Nash Baldwin, MD & computer programmer, UC Davis “the building contains a closely researched recreation of visual and aural hallucinations, based on interviews of real schizophrenics.” Au, James. “A Lever to Move the Mind.”

29. Real! USC Annenberg Island

30. Social Issues… Sponsor?

31. Real! White Band Day: 17 Oct 2006 Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)

32. Libraries, Librarians & Others Info Island Main Library Medical Library Mystery Manor Sci-Fi Building (in development) Health Info Island (in development) ICT Library TechSoup

33. Flying in Info Island…

34. Info Island: Main Library

35. Info Island Main Library

37. “Hallie” the ChatBot

38. Medical Library

39. Mystery Manor

40. More Mystery Manor…

44. International Spaceflight Museum

45. Entertainment Bazaars Casinos Bars Be wary… Mature areas

46. Yadni’s Junk Yard

48. Casino…

50. Blarney Stone Bar (Dublin Sim)

51. Blarney Stone Bar…

52. Review What is Second Life (SL)? Who’s Involved? Examples: Library & Librarian Involvement & Fun To conclude…

53. Why Get Into SL? Businesses Higher Education Learn New Technology Skills Collaboration Opportunities Faculty Other Librarians & Technologists And…

54. Go To Users!