[Publib] Second Life libraries

[Roger Carswell]

For the benefit of us who don't know what a "ning site" is, how about a 
little explanation?  What are the advantages and disadvantages compared to 
a listserv?


At 06:19 PM 12/19/2007 -0600, Lorie Hyten wrote:

>Thanks! Boy do I feel chastised&..listserv out of date&.
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>Lorie Hyten
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>Olathe Public Library
>201 E. Park
>Olathe, KS
>(913) 971-6887
>lhyten at olatheks.org
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>From: Robert L. Balliot [mailto:rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:45 PM
>To: 'Lorie Hyten'; 'publib'
>Cc: 'Maggie Baker'; 'Sara Eccles'
>Subject: RE: [Publib] Second Life libraries
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>Greetings,
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>We have a ning site that is open to everyone:
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><http://sllibrarians.ning.com/>http://sllibrarians.ning.com/
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>and there are several good blogs that look at the process:
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><http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-quick-guide-to-second-life-for-librarians/>http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-quick-guide-to-second-life-for-librarians/
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>The use of a listserv would seem to be a bit out of date
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>to discuss  SL.
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>From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org 
>[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Lorie Hyten
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:20 PM
>To: publib
>Cc: 'Maggie Baker'; 'Sara Eccles'
>Subject: [Publib] Second Life libraries
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>Does anyone know if there is a listserv for libraries in the virtual world 
>of Second Life, and if there isnt shouldnt there be? Ive been trying to 
>get a grasp on the status of the Second Life library developments but 
>there is so much happening so fast its hard to keep track! I wanted to 
>give some coworkers a tour, but so far havent found a general directory 
>and Im afraid I will miss something&.
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>Lorie Hyten
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>Reference
>Olathe Public Library
>201 E. Park
>Olathe, KS
>(913) 971-6887
>lhyten at olatheks.org
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Roger Carswell
Southeast Kansas Library System/Iola Public Library
218 E. Madison
Iola, KS  66749
(620) 365-5136
rcarswell at sekls.org