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Are you a Canadian info worker in sl (librairan, archivist, museologist, etc)? If so, do we have the group for you! Please think of joining the InfoCan group in SL. We’re hoping that Canadian info workers will come together in this group to discuss SL in a Canadian context, come up with ideas, exhibits, and discussions that affect us.
Group name: InfoCan
Group charter: Canadian librarians, archivists, museologists, and
other information folk who work (and play 
in SL, and promote
Canadian information and culture in SL and RL .
The group is co-owned by Dinnie Devonshire, and me, Danu Dahlstrom. Questions? Feel free to contact me!
Well, I’ve managed to put a few more things in the building, but it’s just the beginning so it will likely change soon (ie. better signage). It’s the first store front on the right. I thought I’d add a picture of the new space to help people identify the building, so here it is:
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian shares a story about a book that’s actually a wiki! Two business schools will be working with Pearson PLC to create this “wooki” (I have no idea if that’s a term but I figure it works for a book that’s a wiki). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the content will be about web 2.0 applications in the business world. Will this be the future of publishing? There are some advantages to creating a book as a wiki - constant updates, which are important in the business world, could be done quickly and cheaply. Presumably, such a wooki would not be open for public editing. Oh, did I mention that there is a fee for this too?
Microsoft’s competition to Google Book Search, Live Search Books, is scheduled to release tomorrow (Dec. 7). The British Library, University of California, and University of Toronto have offered out of copyright books and more contributors will be added in Jan. 2007. Guess what I’m playing with tomorrow?
A couple of interesting articles from the news involving ancient relics. The first is in regards to a technological find while the other shares news of a newly discovered Roman coffin.
Update: And news from the archaeology world keeps coming in. Here’s one about a one-of-a-kind find from Rome’s Palatine Hill.
I’m quite excited. I have been given a store front for my library in Second Life on the Cybrary City section (kindly donated to us to use for experimentation by Talis) on InfoIsland. This will allow me to experiment with how we might be able to offer library services in a virtual world and set up things like virtual office hours. I have a lot to learn, as presently there is nothing in my store front. Looks like there are lots of Second Life building classes in my future! Feel free to check out the new space on Cybrary City!
