I am Library: an Ode to Self-discovery and Collective Creativity in Second Life® (1st ed)

Updated HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzczxpsn0Mc&fmt=22
Watch in full screen (first open the video by double-clicking on the link, then click on HD and the full screen icon at lower right of Youtube player.)
Watch the presentation from Bridging Worlds Conference 2008 in Singapore:
http://www.slideshare.net/hvxsilverstar
Filmed on location in the very beautiful Second Life®
Alliance Virtual Library: Info Archipelago
(Alliance Library System, Peoria, IL USA)

Updated HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzczxpsn0Mc&fmt=22

The mashup cover slide is thanks to the inspirational image of the fish 'Looking for a better thing' by Katrina Brown and 'virtual Reality Concept' by Ugur Evgren. The metalicizing of the avatar and encouraging him/her to get behind the wave with the faded InfoInternational Island in the background was my doing.

Water scene while objects were rezzing:
Entropia Island (Digital Library Federation:
library consortium & location for 2008-2009
live broadcast of Mellon Seminars in
Digital Humanities.

Corwin University.

Infolit iSchool Island & Sheila Yoshikawa
(Sheila Webber), University of Sheffield, UK

Caledon Library, Steampunk Island of Caledon (JJ Drinkwater)

Bibliothèque Francophone de Second Life (Hugobiwan Zolnir)

Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot),
Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System,
Peoria, IL USA

Rhonda Trueman (Abbey Zenith),
Manager, Infoisland Archipelago,

Hypatia Dejavu, Coordinator
of Virtual Reference,
Infointernational Island
Renaissance Island:
Fine Art of Jousting: horses from AKK Ranch
Diamond Coronet, Estate Manager
with Korrigan Keyes, Princej3d Figaro,
Adar Merlin, Zanzibara Nightfire

Bradburyville Island
(in honor of author Ray Bradbury)
& immersive Fahrenheit 451

ALA GODORT (Government Documents
Round Table) Notable Documents
Exhibits by Hyacinth Cortes

Illumination Island Library

Healthinfo Island teleport board
& consortial reference kiosk

Virtual Ability Island Opening
of the Sojourner Auditorium:
Gentle Heron, Virtual Ability Inc.
& Alliance Library System
(grant awarded by National Library
of Medicine, USA)

Music written and performed by Cecily
Raine: Look Inside CD Baby,
Independent Music:
New CD: Sleep
cdbaby.com/cd/cecilyraine

Grace Buford (Cylindrian)
live at Second Life Community Conference
in Tampa, September 2008
streamed into Second Life -
New CD: River
cylindrian.wordpress.com
© 2008
Machinima by Bernadette Daly Swanson,
University of California Davis
a.k.a. HVX Silverstar, resident on Machinima Institute Island 218, 114
in the very beautiful Second Life®

Bridging Worlds 2008 Conference, Singapore National Library Board, October 16-17, Singapore.

Category:

Film & Animation

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[HVXSilverstar]

thanks, Nitwacket... lots of friendly avs and killer musicians to help!

[libraryvideochannel]

Cecily Raine: her site on CD Baby dot com

This song was from her first CD written when she was a student

Beautiful and inspiring musician, singer / composer

[phlailuhboot]

I can't find Look Inside by Cecily Raine anywhere on the web and now It makes me sad.

[dwwjr1961]

rhonda i dont get it.

[Nitwacket]

This is really well done HVX!