FREE Panel Session in Second Life

Anyone interested is invited to attend a FREE panel session in Second Life on the topic, “Second Life Implementation at Academic Libraries” for the Texas Library Association Conference http://www.txla.org/conference/program.html

Date: Friday, 16 April 2010
Time: 12 noon – 1:50 pm SLT/PT
Location: Second Life [You will receive the SLURL when you rsvp]
Speakers:
• Sara Bordelon, Systems Analyst and Virtual Worlds Trainer, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Lorin Fisher, Information Literacy Coordinator, Texas State University
• Esther Grassian, Information Literacy Librarian, UCLA
• Tara Schmidt, Reference Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio

Please RSVP by Monday, 12 April 2010:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRicG5DN1dTS0R1QmVLZ1ppR0FYT3c6MA
OR
http://bit.ly/cxFjyq

Basic Second Life accounts are free, however, you will need to have a computer that can handle the graphics, and you will need to download the Second Life software in order to participate.
Second Life accounts: http://secondlife.com
System requirements: http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US

Please note: This program will be held in RL (real life) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. We have requested a wired ethernet connection for the panel session, so that we can offer it simultaneously in SL, but hope you will understand if we are unable to connect to SL after all.

If you have any questions, please contact Esther Grassian: estherg@library.ucla.edu