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Eighty percent of Internet users are expected to engage in some form of virtual world activity by 2011 (Gartner Research Group), and librarians and educators are already there. This fascinating book the brainchild of two pioneering virtual world librarians is designed to help libraries and schools recognize the importance of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) and consider ways of getting involved as they proliferate. The editors and 24 contributors describe … More >>
Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman edit VIRTUAL WORLDS, REAL LIBRARIES, designed to help librarians and educators understand multi-user virtual environments and how to incorporate them into a user setting. The authors and over twenty contributors describe projects in Second Life and other virtual worlds, show how teaching and discussion groups as well as other programs can translate to a virtual environment, and provide an involving survey of changing user needs in the computer arena. A fascinating, lively survey.
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