A presentation for the Non Profit Commons in the virtual world of Second Life.

1. Libraries, Museums
and Immersive Learning
Dr. Valerie Hill
LISD & Texas Woman’s University

2. The digital revolution is changing
libraries and museums.

3. Examples of
Virtual Library & Museum Exhibits
• Virtual Texas- Spring 2011
• Virtual Tornado- Fall 2011
• Maya Island Exhibit- Spring 2012
Exhibits and Live Tours held at the
Community Virtual Library Exhibition
Area.

4. Virtual Texas: A Library Exhibit and Museum

5. Touring the Texas Capitol

6. Virtual Tornado: a Library
Exhibit & Simulation

7. Teleport to a LIVE simulation with
rescue workers, vehicles, and victims.

8. Maya Island Exhibit & Tours
CVL Exhibition Area January-March 2012

9. Astronomy in Ancient Civilizations

10. A Library Exhibit and Simulation on display
through Summer 2012.

11. Tours for Summer in Berlin 2012
July 14th 1pm and August 5th 1pm
Valibrarian on Youtube

12. Machinima Archives by Valibrarian

13. University of Washington iSchool
Certificate in Virtual Worlds

14. Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds

15. References
Barris, K. (2007). To be virtual …or not to be: Theatre museum Canada’s travels into the
world of technology. Canadian Theatre Review, (131), 49-52.
Hill, Valerie, and Hyuk-Jin Lee. 2009. Libraries and immersive learning environments
unite in second life. Library Hi Tech 27, (3): 338-56.
Mon, Lorri. 2009. Questions and Answers in a Virtual World: Educators and librarians as
information providers in Second Life. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 2 (1)
Sylaiou, S., Karoulis, A. Stravropoulos, Y., and Parias, P. (2008) Presence-centered
assessment of virtual museums’ technologies. DESIDOC Journal of Library &
Information Technology, 28(4), 55-61.
Webber, Sheila and Diane Nahl. 2011. Sustaining Learning for LIS through use of a
Virtual World. IFLA Journal (37)(1): 5-15.
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