The midden

 
This presentation was given by Kathryn Greenhill, co-ordinator of the Australian Libraries Building on Cybrary City in Second Life to the National Library of Australia. It has the rather snappy title of:
Flying Librarians of Oz: What’s all the fuss about Second Life and what’s it got to do with libraries?
If you’re a librarian and [...]

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This is a excellent overview by Andy Powell of SL and how it is being used. Andy explains the basics of how to get into SL and how to find your way around. He also considers some of its strengths and weakness and how it is being used in education. Worth a look.

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Hipihi is a new virtual world site, similar to Second Life, being developed in Beijing. Although the main site is in Chinese, there is also an English version. It is undergoing a closed beta test at the moment so you can’t get access to it. However, you can download a video describing what it is [...]

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