Analysis of Initial Involvement of Librarians in the Online Virtual World of Second Life

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Author(s): Michelle Kowalsky (Rowan University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Analyzing Digital Discourse and Human Behavior in Modern Virtual Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bobbe Gaines Baggio (American University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9899-4.ch007

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality

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This descriptive case study considers a tech-savvy and geographically distributed group of librarians and information professionals, led by an initiative of the Alliance Library System of Illinois, who gathered together to brainstorm and organize ways to provide online users with real library services. Through document analysis of written conversations in their online discussion group, the researcher has explored the development process of these librarians as they began to provide information services to users in the virtual online world of Second Life®.

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