[Genealib] SL Genealogy Meeting

[Drew Smith]

All,

Actually, only genealogist Craig Scott (aka "Krag Mariner") was lecturing,
but librarian Lori Bell (aka "Lorelei Junot") was transcribing his words
from his audio presentation, and re-typing those in the Second Life
auditorium for everyone to read.  She did do a great job of keeping up with
Craig's lecture, and typing the key points.  Those of us who also were using
the OPAL Auditorium got to hear Craig's lecture directly (it was excellent),
and his PowerPoint slides were displayed on a huge screen in the Second Life
virtual open air theater.  (A second huge screen had the URL for accessing
the OPAL Auditorium for the audio lecture.)

I promise to keep this list aware of future genealogy-related events in
Second Life, but I do hope that a few more of you will join us in SL to see
the possibilities.  I'll especially appreciate hearing feedback on the way
that the SL librarians have designed the online genealogy resources.  

Drew Smith (aka "Drew Rodinia")

> -----Original Message-----
> From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
> [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of 
> jparandj at mail.usf.edu
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:05 PM
> To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
> Subject: [Genealib] SL Genealogy Meeting
> 
> 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>
> Message-ID: <455CF898.5020100 at arlsmail.org>
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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
> >
> >
> 
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