Sorry I didn't get any pictures at the open house...I was a little nervous cause I was responsible for the introductions etc. Sara was able to come, and I'm guessing there may have been 15 people there...a smaller turnout than I had expected, but it was our first time for this event. The presentations were extremely interesting and I learned a lot about our neighbors on Talis. Our sim manager Teo arranged for a DJ for danceing after the program. Here is the final text I used for the presentation about our project:
My Second Life name is Leeorie Alter and in real life I am a reference librarian in the adult services department of Olathe Public Library. We are a mid-sized library in a metro area just outside Kansas City in the U.S., and those of us on the adult services staff do a little bit of everything, including collection development and maintenance and programming as well as staffing the reference desk.
I became interested in SL a little over a year ago after reading about it and became even more intrigued after hearing about how libraries were becoming active here. Initially I came in just to look around, with hopes that my library might eventually be interested in an SL presence. But when spots became available on the new Talis Cybrary Island sim, I took the chance my library would eventually back me up and committed us to a project here. In May we received formal backing from my library to experiment with this project and established a committee.
Members of this committee are myself, Sadie Ecksol (who in real life is our Library Specialist for Electronic Resources); Hyen Lowe, who is our Support Services Tech Extradonaire, adult services librarian Alexandria Gumbo; young adult librarian Tasmine Andel; children’s librarian Anastasia Bookmite; and Mary Linse, support services supervisor.
It is still a work in progress. Like so many others, we are inventing what library services mean in a virtual environment……particularly for public libraries. While we explore what is possible in Second Life, we are also offering interested staff members a chance to explore the possibilities and enjoy the richness of the network possibilities. Our most exciting project to date is a collaboration with the State Library of Kansas and the Topeka-Shawnee County Kansas public library to bring a Kansas author into Second Life for a program. We hope to have that program this fall, along with related exhibits at the library here on Talis, where you will also find information about the real life Olathe Public Library as well as links to our catalog and additional information about the community.
We hope you will take time to visit us and take a look around. I would be happy to answer questions during the break.
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