Those who are following the phenomenon of libraries in Second Life might be interested in this First Monday article by Simon B. Heilesen: Remediating cultural services in Second Life: The case of Info Island DK

Abstract:

In 2007, Info Island DK was created as a virtual library in Second Life. This is an account of how library services of the physical library and the net library were remediated into a 3–D virtual world. The Info Island DK library was not widely adopted by any of the intended target groups, even if it was quite successful as demo–project. This paper discusses the factors conditioning the relative non–adoption of the new technology.

If teaching in Second Life interests you, the June/July 2009 issue of Innovate: the Journal of Online Education features six more articles on the use of Second Life in online pedagogy, particularly on the topics of student activities and engagement.

Remediating cultural services in Second Life: The case of Info Island DK

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