Growing a Community Library: Lessons from the Field - part 3 of 4

part 3 of 4 - Growing a Community Library: Lessons from the Field - West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center, 
Micki McIntyre (RL) Derry McMahon (SL)
Alliance Virtual Library Library Fair
Saturday, May 9th 2009, 
Noon to 6 PM SLT
Contacts for Library Fair - Beth Kraemer (SL: Alice Burgess) and Rhonda Trueman (SL: Abbey Zenith)
Libraries and Innovation in Second Life®

Lori Bell (RL) Lorelei Junot (SL)
Alliance Virtual Library
Growing a Community Library; Lessons from the Field
Micki McIntyre (RL) Derry McMahon (SL)
West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
2 pm - 2:45 pm SLT 
Supporting and Promoting Ingenuity
Joanne Brothers (RL) Vienna James (SL)
RezLibris
3 pm - 3:45 SLT
SL Library Instruction: A Work in Progress
P. Charles Livermore (RL) Hopalong Oh (SL)
St. Johns University Libraries

May 8th and 9th! Library Career Fair and Library Fair!
The Library Career Fair, May 8th, is being managed by the LIS Student Union under Adra Letov and DaisyBlue Hefferman.
This two day event will feature exhibits from libraries in Second Life and a full day of Library Career Fair speakers and activities on May 8th followed by presentations by SL and RL libraries on May 9th. Please plan to join us! Schedule below -
Second Life LIS Student Union Career Fair:
Carpe Calamitas! Networking Librarians, Students, Employers and Recruiters
Friday May 8, 2009 - Noon to 7 PM SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infotainment%20Island/98/69/31
Noon-2 pm SLT: Orientation sessions for new avatars
2-3 pm SLT: Opening Keynote Speaker: Kitty Pope, Executive-Director of AVL, on kicking off the month-long celebration of AVLs Third Anniversary in Second Life. Additionally, other speakers will be addressing survival skills for getting a job in a bad economy.
3-4 pm SLT: Research mini-conference presentations by students on their Second Life interface studies.
4-5 pm SLT: Panel of recruiters and employers: What are employers looking for in todays media-rich Web 2.0 information environments?
5-7 pm SLT: Social Networking Party mixer for Career Fair and Library Fair participants and friends with DJ Gwen Carillon, dancing and music.
Questions? PM Melanie Twine.

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Education

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