Guus van den Brekel is co-presenting the Second Life presentation:

Session A104 – Virtual Libraries

14:45 — 15:30

Kitty Pope, Alliance Library Systems (USA)

Barbara Galik, Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University (USA)

Guus van den Brekel, Central Medical Library (CMB), University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) (The Netherlands)

As if we didn’t have enough to do in the real world, now there are opportunities for libraries and librarians in the virtual world of Second Life. Librarian volunteers from all over the globe have been investigating the feasibility of and providing library services in the virtual world of Second Life. They are working with the technology to offer new ways of sharing and retrieving information to users where they are — online.

Want to know more about him or discuss stuff with him?

http://digicmb.blogspot.com

http://www.netvibes.com/digicmb

http://infoisland.org

http://librarytoolbar.blogspot.com

http://www.slideshare.net/digicmb

http://www.flickr.com/photos/slml/sets/72157594248980647/show/

WORKSHOPs Announcement

Come See What We've Got!

Carolina Keats presents a workshop on vision resources, focusing on those available through MedlinePlus.  Meet us Monday October 8 at 5 p.m. *OR* Tuesday 9 a.m. SLT on HealthInfo Island (101,201,23) for an informal presentation followed by a tour of HealthInfo Island.

Workshop: Looking for Health?

Join Carolina Keats on HealthInfo Island (101,201,23) on Saturday,

October 13 at 6 a.m. SLT for a workshop on searching for health

information online.  Expect to learn the following:

* tips for using Google to find good quality health information

* how MedlinePlus can help

* how to evaluate what you find