Tuesday, June 19, 2007

SJSU and Second Life

This YouTube three minute video explains the way that the San Jose School of Library and Information Science is integrating Second Life and other immersive environments into its graduate teaching and research program:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9zt3Sd7oc

Trained tour guides await your visit.

This news story, in a national professional journal with 30,000 subscribers, describes our first programs and projects:

San Jose SLIS Embraces Second Life

Library Journal - New York,NY,USABy Lynn Blumenstein & Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 6/15/2007 The School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University, CA, ...

Our grand opening last month was a wonderful success attracting students and faculty from around the world.
--Ken
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Dr. Ken Haycock, Professor and Director
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
408.924.7039; fax: 408.924.2476

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/