Hi all, In the spirit of putting heads together I created the "Museums in Second Life" group this spring. I haven't had a chance to do much with it yet, but you can find it by searching the SL groups category. I'm eyeing what Beth & the TechSoup group are doing for examples of how we can do more to interact with each other.
I'll also take this opportunity to plug the 2006 MCN conference where I'll be moderating a panel called "Modding the Museum: Accessing Collections through Games" that will feature several panelists who are building game-based museum interactives. Hope to see you in the audience in Pasadena! Richard Urban Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rjurban at uiuc.edu http://www.inherentvice.net -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Swiader, Larry Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:31 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life? Hi Beth, We've been doing some thinking here at the Holocaust Museum on what a presence on Second Life might be like (and mean). My colleague, David Klevan (dklevan at ushmm.org), our Education Manager for Technology and Distance Learning, is at the forefront of that thinking. It'd be nice to put our heads together..... Regards, Larry Lawrence Swiader Deputy Chief Information Officer United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Kanter Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:48 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: [MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life? Hi Folks, I've been researching the possibilities for nonprofits on Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com), the virtual world. I'm participating in some "in-world" projects that TechSoup is organizing around nonprofits in SL. There will be an event later this month and we're starting to compile a directory of nonprofits using it. You can see the directory here (http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=aptcrhmkxkv_bcjvrhrc2vgbq) So far, I've seen some "museums" in second life - created by residents, but not any real life museums there - there may be, but haven't run across it. The San Jose Art Museum is building a virtual Island for display of virtual art works being sought from SL http://www.ludica.org.uk/NewWest/ The event will coincide with ZeroOne Festival http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/Grabbed from comments in blog post here: I'm wondering if any of you are investigating the possibilities or doing any projects. There a huge community of educators (320) from universities, some teen education projects, a library project, and embryonic nonprofit presence. I've written up what I learn on my blog here: http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/npsl/index.html Beth _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
