FWD: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)

Thu Sep 10 16:02:03 EDT 2009

That's interesting, but I don't think it's especially relevant to the point I was making.

Bernie Sloan

--- On Thu, 9/10/09, L Cohn <lcohn at bplnj.org> wrote:

> From: L Cohn <lcohn at bplnj.org>
> Subject: FWD: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 3:45 PM
> 
> 
> 
> In Second Life, you can collect donation of Linden dollars
> which can be exchanged for real money at an exchange rate
> which is posted.  You'll get a check from Linden Labs,
> which is the company that owns and runs Second Life. 
> There are people that make quite a profitable business at
> this.  The West of Ireland Library in Second Life,
> which I mentioned before, raises money for a children's
> charity and does quite well at it with all their live
> readings...
> http://www.irelandsl.org/
> 
> Lisa
> 
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> 
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com>
> Date:  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:29:46 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> >
> >Robert Balliot said:
> >
> >"Library 2.0 technologies only require *money* where
> skills are lacking
> >to implement them or you are buying additional
> services..."
> >
> >Ummm...aren't the people implementing the Library 2.0
> technologies being paid *money* for the time they spend on
> implementing and maintaining them??
> >
> >Bernie Sloan
> >
> >--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >From: Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)
> >To: "Chris Bourg" <mchris at stanford.edu>
> >Cc: "Mitchell, Michael" <Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu>,
> "web4lib at webjunction.org"
> <Web4lib at webjunction.org>
> >Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 2:55 PM
> >
> >
> >Library 2.0 technologies only require *money* where
> skills are lacking
> >to implement them or you are buying additional
> services  - server
> >space, freedom from ads, land in SL, or special
> >avatar<http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/images/tardis.jpg>costumes. 
> The
> >same
> >thing holds true you have to hire someone to do a
> library website.
> >
> >In a purely economic sense 2.0 could require *money*
> with overtime.
> >However, that line item is rare where you have hoards
> of
> >hungry grad students.
> >
> >
> >R. Balliot
> >http://oceanstatelibrarian.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Chris Bourg <mchris at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> While Second Life isn't for everyone, Stanford
> Libraries recently had a
> >> very successful "Open House" in Second Life for
> our Special Collections. In
> >> fact, we ended up holding a 2nd open house by
> popular demand:
> >> Special Collections Open House in Second Life a
> huge success
> >> <https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/763>
> >> As with Facebook, it is simply another avenue by
> which to expose our
> >> libraries' resources to a broader audience; and
> for our staff to get some
> >> exposure and experience working in virtual worlds
> and learning what works
> >> and what doesn't.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Brian Gray wrote:
> >>
> >>> There have been libraries that have joined
> Second Life recently, so I am
> >>> not
> >>> sure what your "I didn't think so" comments is
> going for. The tone of your
> >>> emails suggests you have already made up your
> mind or you are looking for
> >>> reasons to avoid web 2.0 technologies.
> >>>
> >>> Web 2.0 is not for everyone, and it takes
> times and money to implement. If
> >>> there is a certain tool or techniques you are
> considering, maybe you
> >>> should
> >>> ask for examples to explore.
> >>>
> >>> Brian Gray
> >>> mindspiral at gmail.com
> >>> bcg8 at case.edu
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mitchell,
> Michael <
> >>> Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I think I'm questioning the how, what, and
> the tools. We are a small
> >>>> library and time must be used wisely.
> Implementing new things takes time
> >>>> so it helps to try to think things through
> rather than just jumping into
> >>>> the next new thing. Anybody considered
> starting a Second-Life presence
> >>>> recently? I didn't think so. I do like the
> search widget idea and I
> >>>> apologize if I accidentally hijacked this
> thread with my original
> >>>> question.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike Mitchell
> >>>>
> >>>> "Protest is when I say I don't like this.
> Resistance is when I put an
> >>>> end to what I don't like. Protest is when
> I say I refuse to go along
> >>>> with this anymore. Resistance is when I
> make sure everybody else stops
> >>>> going along too."- Ulrike Meinhof
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> >>>> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Brian Gray
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:50
> AM
> >>>> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook
> >>>>
> >>>> I would not judge the value of library 2.0
> by the bad examples and bad
> >>>> implementations that you have cited below.
> Should you not be looking for
> >>>> good and positive examples to see the
> value?
> >>>>
> >>>> It seem to me you are more questioning how
> and what your library has to
> >>>> market, rather than the tool to do it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Brian Gray
> >>>> mindspiral at gmail.com
> >>>> bcg8 at case.edu
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >> Chris Bourg
> >> Head, Information Center
> >> Stanford University Libraries and Academic
> Information Resources
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