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Virtual worlds, real libraries (Record no. 140432)

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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 006.8
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Virtual worlds, real libraries
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Medford, N.J. :
Name of publisher Information Today,
Year of publication c2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxi, 234 p., [16] p. of plates :
Other physical details col. ill.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Librar-things encounter the MUVE / Tom Peters -- Massively multiplayer online worlds / Marty Grover -- Library, education, and museum applications of virtual worlds for child, tween, and teen projects / Marty Grover -- Edutainment before Second Life / Jami Schwarzwalder -- Management in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman -- Rocky in Wonderland : a librarian's journey down the Second Life rabbit hole / Bill Sowers -- Reference services in a virtual world / S. Thompson -- Collections in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman -- Virtual neighborhoods, real communities : the Caledon Branch Library and the Branch Library Program / J.J. Jacobson -- Teen Second Life / Kelly Czarnecki -- HealthInfo Island : Center of Consumer Health and Medical Information in Second Life / Guus van den Brekel and Carol Perryman -- A sense of wonder : speculative fiction and virtual worlds / Abbi Ball and Erik Gordon Bainbridge -- Mystery Manor on Info Island / Mack Lundy -- Virtual communities from long ago : the Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, and its educational possibilities / Mary-Carol Lindbloom -- Land of Lincoln : Abraham Lincoln gets a second life / DaisyBlue Hefferman -- Why have a second life? : convincing staff, administrators, and faculty of the benefits / Barbara Galik -- Teaching in a virtual setting / S. Thompson -- Virtual worlds, virtual students : instructional possibilities in Second Life / Skip Burhans, J.B. Hill, and Todd Spires -- New frontiers for distance learning library services : a virtual world library at Appalachian State University / Geraldine Purpur and Louise Ochoa -- Exploring Second Life at Stanford / Susan Payne, Rachel Gollub, and Deni Wicklund -- Avatar in the classroom : teaching the nation's first MLIS class in Second Life / Jeremy W. Kemp.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Second Life (Game)
Topical Term Shared virtual environments
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bell, Lori,
Personal name Trueman, Rhonda B.,
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10520567

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