The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal presents
its July FILM DISCUSSION

When: Saturday, July 5th. at 1 pm
Where: Info Island 210– 94–33 places you at the discussion circle
Film: THE MATRIX
Hosts: Symmetry Munro and Hawk Lightcloud

Bring your ideas and insights on this complex and innovative film

Beach Blanket Bingo second life style!

Join us on Investing Info Island Saturday night July 5 at 6 pm sl for beach blanket bingo Second Life Style.
Gabrielle Riel will play tunes and enjoy music, dancing and bingo. Contact Hypatia Dejavu for more info.

Enjoy the new Zenith gardens
Zenith Garden, just west of the Alliance Library building on Info Island (north of the Reference Desk on International) is now set up and ready for visitors.

Named for Abbey Zenith, this small plot of land has a good number of plants, bushes and trees, most all of which can be left-clicked on, supplying a notecard with information on the SL creator, the flora’s real life counterpart and a sign board with URL links/SL landmarks to:

–General information on Zenith Garden
–World flora sites on the Internet
–Real Life garden websites
–YouTube garden tours
–Second Life gardens/parks/nature areas
–Web pages with information on gardening for children
–Second Life garden stores
–Poetry about gardens

Benches and a pose-pillow give visitors a chance to sit, relax, learn and enjoy. Here’s a SLURL to the garden:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/info%20island/106/24/33/

Courses for Educators, Librarians and Others in Second Life

UIUC GSLIS and Alliance Library System are pleased to offer summer courses for librarians and educators on virtual worlds. Courses include:

Using Immersive Environments in the Classroom for School Media Specialists

Second Life 101

Technical Skills for Virtual World Librarians

Introduction to Virtual World Librarianship

Working with a class in Second Life

Setting Up an Educational Presence in Second Life

Immersive Learning in 3d Virtual Environments

For more information on and to register for these courses, go to

http://www.lis. uiuc.edu/ programs/ cpd/VW/

For more information contact Marianne Steadley at UIUC at steadley@uiuc. edu

or Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, lbell@alliancelibra rysystem. com

In memoriam - Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822)

Poet’s Corner - Literature Collection - 11th floor of the Central Bell Library Tower - Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/214/26/123
5 PM SLT
Poetry reading, discussion and discussion of the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Contact Abbey Zenith for more information.

Hot Topics - Governance in Virtual Worlds

Due to technical problems in SL last Wednesday we rescheduled this month’s Hot Topics Discussion - Please join us at 6 PM July 9th.

Who governs virtual worlds? Virtual world creators? Virtual land owners? Group leaders, owners, organizers? In a world created by its residents who makes the rules? What does it mean to be a leader in a virtual world? Join us for our monthly hot topics discussion on Info Island.. Panelists Katt Tomsen, Abbey Zenith, and others will lead the discussion.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/103/110/34

Only Yesterday 1930s sim

The Only Yesterday sim celebrates the completion (well, almost) of TWO new exhibits. Please come and see!

The new movie theater, on the small square just east of the island’s central plaza, displays vintage posters and other resources to highlight the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1930s – the era of The Prisoner of Zenda, Gone With the Wind, and the Wizard of Oz. Not to be outdone, the second floor of the theater celebrates radio programs and celebrities of the era with photos, biographical sketches, and recorded samples of original broadcast by Edward R. Morrow, Jack Benny, the Lone Ranger, and many others.

To learn about the grimmer side of the 1930s, visit the migrant camp at the southeast corner of Only Yesterday. The new exhibit there focuses on displaced workers and others who often lived in Hoovervilles, hobo camps, and government resettlement areas while searching for employment. Among other things, the exhibit includes a selection of vintage photos from the American Memory collection in the U.S. Library of Congress.

Finally (a shameless commercial plug on behalf of Only Yesterday’s merchants), please take the opportunity to visit the island’s fine shops while you are in town. Great shopping, right on the plaza. Contact Rolig Loon for more information.

Alexandrian Free Library: Caledon, New Toulouse, Steelhead, & Winterfell Library Events July 8th-16th, 2008

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Poetry Writing Workshop with Dov Whiteberry
Steelhead Public Library, Steelhead City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/123/185/24
Wed, July 9, 7pm – 8pm

Dov Whiteberry, renowned Vermont poet and educator
is welcomed back to the Steelhead Library for our continuing poetry
workshop series. Poems don’t have to rhyme - honest!

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Children’s Literature Discussion
Sun Jul 13 2:30-3:30pm
Steelhead Public Library, Steelhead City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/123/185/24

“Women in Fairy Tales: The Good the Bad and the Ugly.” The incomparable Myfanwi Davies leads a discussion about the many roles of women in traditional tales. All wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, elven princesses, forsaken orphans, etc. are welcome to come in costume.

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Caledon Library Guest Book Discussion in SL New England: Moby Dick & Yankee Whaling
Monday, July 14, 2008 4-5 pm
SL New England Mystic Classroom
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mystic/234/145/23

A book discussion and look at the historical whailing industry of New England.
The Great American Novel? A great treatise on ..or apolgy for…whaling? A great throbbingly overworked phallic metaphor? A great bloody bore? Herman Mellivle’s “Moby-Dick, or The Whale” is revered and controversial, loved and derided. The novel is also an enduring source of cultural references, from the highfalutin’ all the way down to Jeff Smith’s graphic novel series “Bone”…and a certain Great White Coffee Chain. What’s sure is that it is a great walloping leviathan of a novel, stuffed with brilliant prose, skillful metaphor, sly humor, and narrow observation.

All misunderstood cetaceans, obsessed captains, idle observers, dauntless harpooners, and sweet-talking bosuns are welcome to join us, whether they have read the work or not

Contact Trudy Takacs for more information

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The Toussaint L’Ouverture Library of New Toulouse is now open!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/108/23

Exhibits, through the end of August
*Civic maps of historic New Orleans
*Reawakening Kate Chopin
*Tribute to the Cammie G. Henry Research Center.
Come visit and peruse our offerings in the bougainvillea breeze.

UIUC GSLIS and Alliance Library System are pleased to offer summer courses for librarians and educators on virtual worlds. Courses include:

Using Immersive Environments in the Classroom for School Media Specialists

Second Life 101

Technical Skills for Virtual World Librarians

Introduction to Virtual World Librarianship

Working with a class in Second Life

Setting Up an Educational Presence in Second Life

Immersive Learning in 3d Virtual Environments

For more information on and to register for these courses, go to

http://www.lis. uiuc.edu/ programs/ cpd/VW/

For more information contact Marianne Steadley at UIUC at steadley@uiuc. edu

or Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, lbell@alliancelibra rysystem. com

Hot Topics - Governance in Virtual Worlds

Who governs virtual worlds? Virtual world creators? Virtual land owners? Group leaders, owners, organizers? In a world created by its residents who makes the rules? What does it mean to be a leader in a virtual world? Join us for our monthly hot topics discussion on Info Island at 6 PM SLT July 2nd. Panelists Kat Tomsen, Abbey Zenith, and others will lead the discussion.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/103/110/34

Beach Blanket Bingo SL Style!
On Smart Investing InfoIsland, July 5th, 2008, 6 PM SLT - 8 PM SLT.

Join us for a beach party on Smart Investing and explore the island to collect answers for our bingo card. Drop your card off at the party by 7 PM SLT for a chance to win $1000 L! We will dance to fun 60s sounds provided by our favorite DJ Gabrielle Riel of Radio Riel.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Investing%20InfoIsland/234/92/22

So You Want a Library or Organization in Second Life: A Practical Guide
Tuesday, July 1 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 SLT, “So You Want a Library or Organization in Second Life: A Practical Guide.” Participants hear a short presentation, take a tour of buildings, and have plenty of time to ask questions. Cybrary City 1. For more information, see Sonja Morgwain.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/124/157/24

Non-Credit Courses for Virtual World Librarians and Educators

SUMMER 2008 Courses
NEW Using Immersive Environments in the Classroom for School Media Specialists
Instructor: Kelly (BlueWings Hayek) Czarnecki.

Second Life 101
Instructor: Barbara (Puglet Dancer) Galik

Technical Skills for Virtual World Librarians
Instructors: Denise (Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks) Cote and Bernadette (HVX Silverstar) Swanson

Introduction to Virtual World Librarianship
Instructors: S. (Hypatia Dejavu) Thompson, Rhonda (Abbey Zenith) Trueman, Bill (Rocky Vallejo) Sowers and JJ (JJ Drinkwater) Jacobson.

Working with a Class in Second Life
Instructor: Dr. Bryan (Bryan Mnemonic) Carter.

Setting Up an Educational Presence in Second Life
Instructors: Lori (Lorelei Junot) Bell, Rhonda (Abbey Zenith) Trueman, Tom (Maxito Ricardo) Peters

Immersive Learning in 3D Virtual Environments
Instructors: JJ (JJ Drinkwater) Jacobson and S. (Hypatia Dejavu) Thompson.

http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/

For more information contact Marianne Steadley at steadley@uiuc.edu

Alexandrian Free Library: Caledon, New Toulouse, Steelhead, & Winterfell Library Events July 1st-8th, 2008

Come Visit the Caledon Library at the SL5B Celebration!
The Independant State of Caledon glories in its library, and the Caledon build at the Second Life Fifth Birthday celebration includes a miniturized version of the Caledon Library, highlighting its past exhibits. Come visit us at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Life%20Birthday/80/7/24

The Toussaint L’Ouverture Library of New Toulouse is now open!
Come visit at….
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/108/23

Story Hour at the Caledon Library, with Rachel Pevensy
Stories of the American West
July 5th 12-1pm slt
Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Come join us as Rachel tells stories on an American theme with a focus on Westward movement, to celebrate the American Independance Day holiday.
Rachel Pevensy is a RL storyteller with a keen appreciation for all the ins and outs, challenges and rewards of her craft. Her blog may be found at http://www.storytellingadventures.blogspot.com

This is a live audio stream storytelling performance, produced by Radio Riel. Media url address for SL (or outside of SL listeners) : http://music.radioriel.org. For more information, see the Radio Riel blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/

NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity… Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.

Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.

West of Ireland Library Programs

We have new storytellers joining us at the West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center!!! Please feel free to drop by and enjoy:

Tuesday @ 6pm slt - AineMari Flanagan and David Itamae - Stories of all sorts, plus open mic
Tuesday @ 7pm slt - Han Sontse, one of our new storytellers, who likes Sci/Fan stories
Wednesday @ 7pm slt - Rei Hax continues the reading of “Elder’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
Thursday @ 7pm slt - Chief Storyteller Shandon Loring delights us with Celtic Myths and Legends and stories of the little people in the Catskill Mountains of NY state
Saturday @ 2pm slt - Elder Priestman, another one of our new storytellers, begins reading tales from “Zion’s Cause” by Jim Peyton, tales from the old South

Please join us! These storytellers are great! IM Derry McMahon for more information. http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26

Imagine rebuilding the real world from the ground up, prim by prim. What would you change and how would you create public good?

Five finalist projects are realizing their revisions with the Second Life and the Public Good Community Challenge. Now through June 30th you can vote for your top three of these five amazing endeavors to be awarded a total of almost one million Linden dollars!

On July 1st at 4PM the University of Southern California’s Network Culture Project will award the top three with L$100,000 a month for three months to build their dream of public good from the virtual world. Avatars can take a minute right now to determine who will win the big awards to be given out at the International Island amphitheater on Monday afternoon.

The projects currently up for awards:

Texas Obesity Research Center
Native Lands Cultural Outreach
Mauerkrankheit/Wallsickness
Interactive Accessible Home
Ability Commons

Any avatar can vote for their top three projects and offer resources to these endeavors; volunteer to help them build out a new community or reach out and partner with these projects to grow real world impact from Second Life. Voting ends June 30th so send in your feedback today and visit these projects on the web or on International Island to explore new ways to rebuild the real world through virtual efforts.

This community challenge is part of ongoing philanthropic research by the USC Network Culture Project at the Annenberg School for Communication based in Los Angeles, provided with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, cosponsors of the State of Play conference where awardees will present their new work in October 2008.

Thank you for participating through your votes and feedback and by helping us build vibrant communities in virtual spaces.

For more information contact Resident Annenberg inworld or email networkculture@gmail.com.

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USC Network Culture
Nonprofit Commons: International Humanities Center

Mystery Manor Book Discussion
When: 25 June (Wednesday)
Time: 6PM SL
Where: Gazebo at Mystery Manor

Maxito Ricardo will lead a discussion of Hard Time by Sara Paretsky.
Paretsky’s character, V.I. Warshawski, is a detective from the
hardboiled school and with her “Paretsky is credited with transforming
the role and image of women in the crime novel.” (Wikipedia). It isn’t
hard to imagine Warshawski holding her own in the company of Philip
Marlow, Lew Archer, and Sam Spade. The cases that V.I. (Vic to her
friends) takes on involve social issues and in Hard Time she learns
about the prison system close up and personal.

Library Art Gallery @ Info Island
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/48/79/33/

Saturday 28 June 2008, 1P SLT
Library Art Gallery Special Celebration
Radio Riel (http://www.radioriel.org/) returns with DJ Elrik Merlin to
mix up some great music for us to dance and celebrate the fabulous art
of the students from University of Kentucky and East Tennessee State
University. Come join us again for another fun event full of music,
art, dance, and networking!

“Hard Rocking Women” at the MuMu - June 27th at 5 PM SLT
Museum of Music on Infotainment Island presents “Hard Rocking Women”! The Mumu’s newest exhibit features the women who rocked this male dominated music genre. The exhibit kicks off with a party June 27th at 5 PM SLT, with DJ Merck Forager playing the best from Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Heart, Melissa Ethridge, Chrissie Hynde, and others!

The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal presentsit’s Saturday Book of the Month discussion

When: Saturday, June 21st. at 2 pm.
Where: Info Island 210–94–33 (this places you at the discussion circle)

Title & Author: THE RED PLANET by Heinlein
Host: Yohan Althouse

We welcome your ideas and insights.
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Portal meeting~regular 4th. Wednesday of the month, June 25th, at 6:30 pm (SL)

Updates on existing programs, looking for Volunteers, appreciate ideas for programs/displays/discussion topics.
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July’s Film Discussion event~(Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal)

Film: THE MATRIX
Hosts: Symmetry Munroe and Hawk Lightcloud

When: Saturday, July 5th, at 1 pm
Where: Info Island 210–94–33 (the discussion circle)

There’ll be a lively discussion of this ground-breaking film. Bring your ideas, insights, questions, and curiosity.
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Rich Idiot Island Exhibits
Rich Idiot island is pleased to announce the opening of two new educational exhibits and library resource collections on the plaza. A collection focusing on American literature and popular magazines of the 1930s is located in the Reading Room on the second floor of the island’s bookstore. Through visual displays and web links, it offers biographical sketches of prominent authors and overviews of period journalism.
A second collection, located in the First Bank of the Islands (also on the plaza), explores issues related to banking and finance during the 1930s. Visitors can find the text of major laws and period documents concerning reforms of banking and investment, as well as information about infamous bank robbers of the decade.

These new collections add to existing exhibits that highlight prominent musicians (in the plaza’s bandstand) and rural images of the 1930s (under a canopy on the island’s north side). Rich Idiot island — soon to be renamed as Only Yesterday — welcomes individuals and groups who want to study cultural change during the 1930s in America.

For more information, contact Rolig Loon by IM in world

Alexandrian Free Library: Caledon, New toulouse, Steelhead and Winterfell Library Events

Come Visit the Caledon Library at the SL5B Celebration!
The Independant State of Caledon glories in its library, and the Caledon build at the Second Life Fifth Birthday celebration includes a miniturized version of the Caledon Library, highlighting its past exhibits. Come visit us at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Life%20Birthday/80/7/24

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Grande Opening of the Toussaint L’Ouverture Library of New Toulouse and St. John the Baptist Feast Day Celebration
Toussaint L’Ouverture Library of New Toulouse
Thursday, June 26th
6-8 pm SLT
The Toussaint L’Ouverture Library, New Toulouse
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/108/23

Please join us as we christen our new library on (belated) St. John’s Eve, the holiest day of the Voodoo calendar. A celebration of growth and moving forward, we’ll baptize the newest addition to the New Toulouse neighborhood in gin and gumbo. After a brief ceremony, music and dancing will be provided in New Toulouse style!

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Reading:The Valley of the Ivory Swan : The Warrior Princess by Aianna Oh
Winterfell Library
Sat, June 28, 2 – 3pm slt
Winterfell Palace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/106/201/36
Author Aianna Oh reads from her novel-in-progress, a work of High Fantasy

West of Ireland Library Events

Tuesday, June 24 - Stories with AineMari Flanagan @ 6pm slt
Wednesday, June 25 - Science Fiction Stories with Rei Hax @ 7pm slt
Thursday, June 26 - Celtic Myths and Legends with Shandon Loring @ 7pm slt

Please IM Sioban McMahon, WOI CEO if you have questions (Derry McMahon, WOI Librarian will be on vacation). These storytellers are great!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26

Earn Some Lindens While Helping Others Understand What It Means to Live and Work in Second Life

GSD&M’s Idea City (ideacity.com), a national advertising agency in the USA, is creating a panel of Second Life avatars for research and feedback. The goal of their panel is to gather opinions and insights from Second Life residents on a variety of topics. Your thoughts will be used to help guide companies entering Second Life and provide insight into what happens in-world across many active users.

The panel is open to any avatar that has been in Second Life at least two months. You will receive L$100 from their bot avatar as a thank you for joining the panel. They have also set up a referral program. If you refer another avatar to their panel and they enter in your name when the bot asks for any referrals, you will be paid an additional L$100. You will be paid for every referral, so if you refer just 10 avatars, that’s L$1,000! It only takes about 5 minutes to complete the survey.

To join the Research Panel, simply IM one of their research bots who can sign you up remotely through a brief survey in IM.

The bots’ names are Gerald Ideator, Raven Ideator and Vogel Ideator. IM any of them from anywhere in SL.

If you have any questions about this research panel, please contact one of the two following Idea City employees in Second Life: Ima Ideator or Lady Ideator.