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ELAG2008: Second Life and Libraries

Bernadette Daly Swanson is presenting her experience in Second Life. She states that she doesn’t expect to jump in, but in the years to come a 3-D web will certainly become a reality. So to gain a little experience is really useful. However she hasn’t convinced her superiors yet on the usefulness of these experiences.

She quotes the 2007 horizon reports which predicts that by 2011 80% of us will be using virtual worlds. She shows us the SL version of the Public Library of Amsterdam.

A congressional hearing that were streamed to SL concentrated very much on negative aspects of Second Life. Since SL is a mirror world, negative aspect a bound to be around. She likes to stress the positive aspects.

She goes on to demonstrate SL live and meets Namro (aka as Guus) and Patrick (aka…) who are in the audience and logged in Second Life as well.