Halloween in SL

While some might say it is like Halloween everyday in sl, there are plenty of fall and Halloween activities in world. The Public Librarians of SL Group is hosting a Halloween Event which begins on Clearwater Beach (slurl: 128, 128, 0). It kicks off at Noon SLT (or 3 EST) and runs until 5 pm SLT (or 8 pm EST) on Saturday, Oct. 27th, 2007

Activities are as follows:
Noon til 2:00 pm slt Scavenger Hunt at Clearwater Beach
1:30 til 2:00 pm slt Storytelling at SL Society Hill LIbrary 2.0
2:00 to 3:00 pm slt your choice of either
Masquerade Ball @Clearwater Beach (prizes for best costumes)
Or
Horror Movies at Glenview Public and Cleveland Public Libraries

---Laurel

High-Tech Banned Book Weeks Opportunities

How would you like to attend such Banned Book events as a discussion on "Challenges and Customer Service Opportunities" or an Intellectual Freedom program on "Frequently Challenged Books" without leaving your computer. ALA’ s Office for Intellectual Freedom has organized a Banned Books Week on the Second Life’s ALA/Arts Info Island. Keeping with this year’s piratical theme, they have created a three-dimensional pirate ship and wharf . ALA is reaching out to members and the general public in a high-tech way to complement traditional real-world banned books activities. There will be greeters on the wharf to direct Avatars to such interest areas as a fireworks display, book discussions, exhibits, videos and pod casts. As your Avatar roams through the virtual pirate ship, be mindful of the squawking gulls, the scurvy rats, and the haunted pirate ghosts.
Teens in Teen Second Life, a separate three-dimensional world, are developing an underwater pirate ship and banned books display. They will have a party where Avatar attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite banned book character.
ALA has also created a Facebook group (search for Banned Books Week 2007) where librarians and the general public can share ideas, experiences, events and recommendations. ALA has a MySpace page, too containing more information about Banned Book Week. In addition to all of the above ALA has created a Google Maps mashup where people can input and find the locations of planned Banned Book Activities.
These are high-tech ways of reminding us of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom slogan "Free People Read Freely".
Jude Sicling

Multiple Lives

I recently read this interesting blog post on a librarian's viewpoint of Second Life. I tend to agree with the author that "Second Life is just another information place we can meet these people and serve them. It doesn’t have to be one world or another". If we're always looking for new ways to serve in our profession, isn't Second Life just another outlet? Or perhaps an extension of what we are already doing? Food for virtual thought.

Penny Theas

Banned Books Week in Second Life

Check out this interesting article on how Banned Books Week is being celebrated in Second Life, and various other social networking websites, such as MySpace and Facebook. Come and enjoy some of the following events taking place in Second Life:

October 2, 5 p.m.: Book Discussion, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou, moderated by Tom Peters
October 3, Noon: Intellectual Freedom Program, “Frequently Challenged Books,” moderated by OIF Deputy Director Deborah Caldwell-Stone (Second Life name Pachelbel Dagostino)
October 4, 5 p.m.: Intellectual Freedom Program, “Challenges and Customer Service Opportunities,” presented by Rose Chenoweth, Alliance Library System (Second Life name Enya Theas).

Penny Theas
(Who just got a make-over; isn't Second Life great?)