[Publib] Second Life libraries

[Robert L. Balliot]

Listserv is a great low-bandwidth tool.  So, it has
quite a few advantages over Ning and SL if you only
have a slow dialup modem.

If you are using SL, you really need to have high
bandwidth, so the listserv advantages are irrelevant
to SL users for the purpose of describing SL. 
Listserv is not, in and of itself, irrelevant. I
am using it right now. 

Ning is a social networking platform developed by
Netscape founder Marc Andreesson and entrepreneur
Gina Bianchini that includes integrated blogs, 
communication, video, photo, and discussion
modules.

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Robert L. Balliot
1-401-441-5763
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Carswell [mailto:rcarswell at sekls.org] 
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:52 AM
To: Lorie Hyten; rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com; 'publib'
Cc: 'Maggie Baker'; 'Sara Eccles'
Subject: RE: [Publib] Second Life libraries

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 Boy do I feel chastised&..listserv out of date&.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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>Reference
>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-lib
rarians/>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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>Robert L. Balliot
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>1-401-441-5763
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>Skype: RBalliot
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>Bristol, Rhode Island
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><http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm>http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/
contact.htm
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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