Update and meeting!

FLASH! Two new objects at the OPL library....on the left is the "reference" kiosk. This is an LM and TP to the reference desk on Info Island. Its part of the Alliance Library System project to provide reference services as close as possible to 24/7 for all libraries that want such service, since none of us is able to provide such service on our own. Its a collaborative project. We help out by my volunteering for a ref. shift every Monday morning. If you would like to volunteer for a ref shift, just let me know and I'll direct you to the right contact.

On the right is an info kiosk for the islands in the Aliance Virtual Library group, with information about AVL. There are LMs to each of the islands in the group.

PLEASE take time to get familiar with these resources, for you own benefit and to assist anyone who may ask about them. Both are provided to us free of charge, by the way.

Stacy/Anastazia and I will be helping with a book disucssion at 4 p.m. SLT (6 p.m. CST) Oct. 18 at Rachelville. The discussion is part of Skytales Book Discussions, created in collaboration with Rocky and Cindy, to discuss children's literature. I think this will be a really fun and interesting series, and its open to all. Thanks Ana for helping with this!

SO when do we meet? Let's shoot for sometime in the first half of October. Please post your optimum times/days as a comment to the blog. We'll compare each others availability and come up with something. Since some of you haven't been there, maybe we can have the meeting this time in the garden at my house? (music and dancing provided!)

Thanks all! See you later inworld or out!

Update

Here I am in my new astronaut suit...pretty cool huh? I got it for an Allilance Virtual Library dance with a "future" theme, then got stuck in a meeting and didn't get there until the dance was over. So I just hung out in the suit for a while.

Still struggling with finding a meeting date. I'm on vacation and will be back at work on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Stacy/Anastazia and I met with Bill/Rocky about the Skytales childrens' literature discussion program and we have several tasks to do in connection with that. If you'd like to get involved get with Stacy or with me. We'll be able to post a sign and notecard at the OPL SL library to promote it, so it is related to OPL's SL project.

Still no word on the author project. Rocky's been swamped and we are still launching the children's book discussion series so I'm not pushing it real hard right now, but will try to meet with Rocky and Cindy in late Oct. to see what our next move will be.

Don't forget to check your Google list to keep updated on SL news and activities. You can also check in on the Metaverse Messenger, that's the SL newspaper the libraries use the most for publicity and it's available free on line.

Tina/Alexandria is putting together a power point for our SL program at the end of the month. All of you are welcome to participate in that program if you want. A short power point will be followed by in world touring. We'll be using a projector at the ICB meeting room.

More later. Have fun in world!