Second Life and Google Metaverse

Here's an article from Technology Review about a Second Life and Google Earth Metaverse. Free registration is required to access the article through the web site; however, NC LIVE users can access the article via EBSCO's Academic Search Premier.

--Jason Setzer
Reference Librarian
Davidson County Community College

Facebook Hostile To Librarians?

You can read the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education and find out.

Social Networking and Library Services

If you are interested in the possibility of creating a MySpace or Facebook page promoting your library, you may want to start paying attention to the Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services blog. This article from Information Today covers some of the same territory.

Social Networking and Libraries

How are MySpace, Blogs and other social networking applications affecting your library? Do you have policies in place about their usage? Bandwidth issues? Here are some positive applications of social networking software by libraries (and one museum):

• Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library Youth Services
• Brooklyn College Library
• American Museum of Natural History
• Cheshire (CT) Public Library
• University of Texas - Austin Libraries
• Portland Community College