[Publib] Second Life 101 course

[Robert L. Balliot]

Leo,

All you have to create in SL 'just to work
collaboratively' is a user name and password.  
You can join for free and it takes about half 
an hour to get oriented. 

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Robert L. Balliot
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-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 11:52 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] Second Life 101 course

Robert L. Balliot wrote:
> Leo,
> 
> I don't understand your references to 'greater overhead'
> or a 'couple of libraries'.  I also don't understand the
> notion that users should lead the librarians, rather than
> the librarians keeping abreast of current technologies.
> I think that wag the dog notion may be one of the main reasons why
> library employment opportunities have not kept pace in 
> the information age.

"Overhead" in the sense of having to create a whole digital environment 
just to work collaboratively.  Streaming video or audio/video 
conferencing seem way less demanding.

If the "greatest strength", as you put it, of Second Life is "virtual 
training and collaboration", surely some thought must be spent on why 
it's better than the by far more popular alternatives.

As far at keeping abreast of current technologies, there are always 
quite a few to choose from.  That's why we have users.  It's their job 
to pick the winners and losers -- not ours.  Otherwise you end up with a 
library full of Gopher sites and betamax video players.

LEO

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