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ALA SLymposium - Were you there?

Started Nov. 10, 2008

ALA Island Facebook Fan Page in Second Life

Started Sep. 24, 2008

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The Joy Of Music - Chantal Harvey

Pilot of the new machinima series, this one written by Madcow Cosmos.

January 6

ALALibraryVal Miles commented on Capt. Red Llewellyn's blog post 'Go!Animate: Interactive Books & Libraries in Second Life'

I really liked that! Thanks for sharing!!

November 20, 2009

To have to ban spammer "Rose Tyler"--hurts a Doctor Who fan--!

November 20, 2009

ALALibraryVal Miles and Paula Barbato are now friends

November 20, 2009

ALALibraryVal Miles commented on Scott Brown's event 'Library Buzz: A New Look at Return on Investment in Corporate Libraries'

Dianne: The SLA blog just posted an entry, including a link to the presentation: ROI in Corporate Libraries - Great Library Buzz Session! Springer: ROI in Corporate Libraries (PDF)

November 13, 2009

ALALibraryVal Miles might attend Scott Brown's event

Library Buzz: A New Look at Return on Investment in Corporate Libraries at Second Life

November 10, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm

Presented by George Scotti, Springer (SL: LibraryZone Shuffle) When: November 10, 2009 - 6pm PT/SLT Where: Info Island Auditorium, Second Life SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33 Needing to justify their existence is no new t…

November 10, 2009

ALALibraryVal Miles posted the link SL Roundtable Transcripts

Links to transcripts of the weekly meeting of the SL Education Roundtable.

October 20, 2009

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SJSU Read-A-Thon and Costume Party 10/2 6:30 pm PT/SLT on SJSU SLIS Island at SJSU SLIS Island (124, 110, 33) in Second Life

October 2, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm

SJSU Read-A-Thon and Costume Party: A Walk Where the Wild Books Are at 6:30 pm SLT/PT at SJSU SLIS Island (124, 110, 33) SJSU (San Jose State University) SLIS (School of Library & Information Science) SCHEDULE 6:30-6:35 — Welcomes and introduction…

October 2, 2009

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Chicago, IL

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I work in the American Library Association Library.

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ALALibraryVal Miles

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ALA Island
Land of Doctor Who
Info Island

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http://www.ala.org/library

ALALibraryVal Miles on the Main Stage of the ALA Island in Second Life -- ALA Main Stage, ALA Island (128, 107, 29).

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Second Life & Virtual World-related programs @ 2009 ALA Annual Conference

The Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group meeting for the 2009 ALA Annual Conference – taking place in the hometown of ALA Headquarters: Chicago, IL! — will take place in real life on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at 3:00 pm CT (1:00 pm PT/SLT), at National Louis University, which is located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue. Meet the members of VCL MIG in the Second Floor Atrium.

Do you have friends going to Annual Conference who would like a chance to see what SL is like? IM Oberon Oct… Continue

Posted on July 10, 2009 at 4:12pm —

Adventures in Children’s Literature: Careers for School, Public, and Academic Librarians on ALA Island on March 17, 2009 at 9:45 am PT/SLT

As announced in the press release dated March 10, 2009, Library careers in children’s literature celebrated in Second Life:

From 9:45 a.m. PT/SLT (Pacific Time/Second Life Time) until noon on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Recruitment Assembly will celebrate “Adventures in Children’s Literature: Careers for School, Public, and Academic Librarians” in Second… Continue

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 6:00pm —

This week’s open discussion at Salon Huron on Thursday, 11/6 at 3:30 pm PST/SLT: The Librarian as Campus Leader in setting up a virtual presence in Second Life

This week's Salon Huron table talk discussion on ALA Island ( 196, 206, 29) on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at 3:30 pm Pacific Standard Time/Second Life Time will be led by the newly crowned Alliance Library System Librarian of the Year, Barbara Galik, known in Second Life as Puglet Dancer. She will speak about The Librarian as Campus Leader in setting up a v… Continue

Posted on November 5, 2008 at 6:00pm —

Salon Huron Table Talk/Discussion led by Sonja Morgwain -- Thursday, 10/30 at 3:30 pm PT/SLT about upcoming National Gaming Day!

Is your library participating in the ALA National Gaming Day on Saturday, November 15, 2008?
http://delicious.com/alalibrary/alagamingday08

This week’s Salon Huron on ALA Island on Thursday, October 30, at 3:30 pm Second Life Time/Pacific Time will be led by Sonja Morgwain. The discussion topic is National Gaming Day - share ideas, what your library is doing, etc. The discussion will last approximately one hour and everyone is invited… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 6:00pm —

ALA Salon Huron event 10/23 at 3:30 pm PT/SLT - the library round table discussion series on on ALA Island (196, 206, 29)

On Thursday, October 23rd, at 3:30 p.m. Second Life Time/Pacific Time at comfy Salon Huron on ALA Island (196, 206, 29), ALA Island Manager Oberon Octagon will talk about ALA Island and what it can do for you! All are welcome to attend!

Salon Huron can also be reached via the teleporter on the Main Stage of ALA Island (129, 105, 29). Guide your avatar onto the circle. Right-click on the circle to get the pull-down menu of choices, and click for the *Next Page* to get Salon Huron as a choice, an… Continue

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 1:23pm —

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At 9:36am on February 12, 2008, Cynthia said…: Love the shirt! How did u do that? I intend to check out ALA at SL - hope it looks better than the rows of desks and piles of plastic bins we see at ALA offices at conferences!

At 11:36am on July 10, 2007, Tom Bruno said…: Excellent - thanks Valerie!

At 8:19pm on July 7, 2007, Tom Bruno said…: There's a Land of Doctor Who in SL? Where?!?

At 6:33pm on June 23, 2007, Ann Owens said…: Hi Valerie,
Thanks for the invite - never thought about it, but it makes sense that ALA would have a library ...
Ann