[Genealib] SL Genealogy Meeting

[jparandj at mail.usf.edu]

Laura,
I encourage you to register & download second life.  I managed to make it
to InfoIsland for the Genealogy Meeting and see a great potential. I am
not super tech savy and it took me awhile to navigate around SL.  I was
late to the meeting but it showed me the value of a virtual forum.  (of
course it took genealogy to peak my interest!) I hope Drew makes us aware
of the next lecture, but I suggest you practice going in and finding how
to get to Info Island ahead of time so you can make it. The two
genealogists lecturing did a great job.
Joanne
SLIS Grad Student
USF

http://www.infoisland.org/

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1005/p13s02-legn.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/13/second.life.university/index.html

Great picture here of InfoIsland!
http://tametheweb.com/2006/11/exploring_second_life.html



Message: 5
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:47:36 -0500
From: Laura Carter <lcarter at arlsmail.org>
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Library-sponsored genealogy workshops in
        Second Life
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
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You did better than I did at finding it.  I assumed we have to register
which I did, but then ran out of time last night looking for it before
my husband picked me up from work.  I could not pursue at home since we
are having line problems with the Internet at home.
laura

Wundercapo wrote:
> I found more information about this talk:
> http://infoisland.org/
>
> For those others who are interested, here is the description from the
> website:
>
> This is a talk by /Krag Mariner / aka Craig Roberts Scott, M.A., the
> CEO and President of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing
> firm with over 2,600 titles in print located in Westminster, Maryland.
> The bookstore division, Willow Bend Books, is the largest genealogy
> bookstore in the world. A professional genealogical and historical
> researcher for more than nineteen years, he specializes in the records
> of the National Archives, especially those that relate to the military.
>
> /When/: November 15 at 6pm SL
> /Where/: Outdoor auditorium, Info Island
>
>