DLF Fall Forum Panel in Second Life

Anyone interested is invited to attend a Digital Library Federation (DLF) Fall Forum panel session to be held in Second Life on DLF’s island, Entropia, and in real life (RL) in Providence, Rhode Island. All of the panelists will be participating on Entropia, with an RL and an SL audience. The RL audience will be projected onto Entropia via live feed, and the panel in SL will be projected for the RL audience. Moderators will host the program both in RL and in SL.

Panel Title: “Taking the Next Step With Digital Collections: Innovative Teaching, Learning & Research in Virtual Worlds.”
Abstract: http://www.diglib.org/forums/fall2008/2008fallprogram.htm

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Time: 8 am – 9:30 am SLT (PST)
Panelists:
Leslie H. Jarmon, University of Texas at Austin
Jeremy Kemp, San Jose State University
Elizabeth McAulay, University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey Schnapp, Stanford University
Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield
Noah Wittman, University of California, Berkeley
Mansfield, University of Hertsfordshire
Xavier, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Moderators: Esther Grassian, UCLA & Deni Wicklund, Stanford

The SL audience is limited to 50. Please rsvp to obtain the SLURL (Second Life URL), as well as instructions on how to view the video and adjust the audio in SL.
Email: Esther Grassian estherg@library.ucla.edu
IM in SL: Alexandria Knight

Hope to see you there!
Esther