This is Jana Super Hero librarian. Ready to fend of the mind stultifying forces of ignorance:
At the reference desk: able to answer complicated reference questions in a single session!
Super Librarian: figting illiteracy.
Readers advisory: able to recommend another awesome novel for your reading pleasure!
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Why are librarians in second life?
Hero librarian
Why are librarians in second life?
Hero librarian
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Frankly, I am not sure quite why anyone would want to buy into Second Life. The concept seems like fun on the surface, but I think it requires a lot of unwarranted time and effort to keep up a meaningful presence. Besides, the technology is all a little clumsy at the moment and relies heavily on keyboard skills to communicate. Also, with the realities of our own campus consolidation and the demands of our real life personas as librarians, I am not sure where the time effort or inclination will come from to embark on such an endeavour.
School library journal. Meet the new you. Alliance Library system
Another Academic Avatar Librarians Poster
Frankly, I am not sure quite why anyone would want to buy into Second Life. The concept seems like fun on the surface, but I think it requires a lot of unwarranted time and effort to keep up a meaningful presence. Besides, the technology is all a little clumsy at the moment and relies heavily on keyboard skills to communicate. Also, with the realities of our own campus consolidation and the demands of our real life personas as librarians, I am not sure where the time effort or inclination will come from to embark on such an endeavour.
I was also disconcerted by the idea that a second life library could be as easily sabotaged by a cloud of flying penises as a press conference. Part of my library tasks at the moment is to consolidate the Churchlands and Joondalup WA Acts of parliament. There are a lot of Acts. It reminded me that in a real world, people need legislation to regulate the behaviour of society and to ensure the protection and safety of all. Just because it is a fantasy world is no reason to believe that people will only behave well. The real worry for me is that Second Life has little or no regulation and lays itself open to abuse as a result. The flying penises might have been funny on one level, but the fact that such inappropriate behaviour was allowed opens the door for even more outrageous, or abusive behaviour. It provides a challenge for others to behave in even more extreme ways. Second life is a world where any sort of behaviour is possible, either for good or for bad and that is not a reassuring thought.
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I agree it is a land of extremes, extremely boring, sitting around earning a little cyber cash, or extremely desparate shouting out for someone to lurve...
There is a great comic book out there, called Rex Libis. The librarian who hunts down deamons that come out of a another world into his library. Also he will hunt down those lost or have not return their books
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