2010 LILAC Conference (UK Information Literacy Conf) Report on InfoLit iSchool Island

How can librarians afford professional development of this quality any other way?
I'm consistently amazed by the quality of professional development opportunities afforded me by participating in virtual worlds. This presentation is taking place at this moment on the University of Sheffield founded island, InfoLit iSchool, in Second Life. Librarians are here from around the globe (only a few from USA). I really love what I learn from such diverse groups of librarians in this way. I still can't believe I attend these discussions/presentations and some very large events all for no cost other than the time it takes me to login on my laptop. Truly an amazing time for educators to be able to connect like never before. I'll add text from a notecard handed out in SL below.
InfoLit iSchool April 2010
Screen shot of InfoLit iSchool discussion on LILAC
Towards the end of the discussion Pancha Enzyme rezzed a QR code and shared how they are being used in libraries-an excellent presentation by Ishbel Hartmann & Pancha Enzyme!
InfoLit iSchool LILAC Report April 8, 2010
Below is part of the text from a notecard handed out at the beginning of this discussion: *****Report from the LILAC conference: General information and links

Meeting held on Infolit iSchool,  Second Life, 8th April 2010
(This notecard compiled by Sheila Yoshikawa, 8 April 2010)

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LILAC is the major information literacy conference in the UK. The website says “LILAC is aimed at librarians and information professionals who teach information literacy skills, are interested in digital literacies and want to improve the information seeking and evaluation skills of all our library users whoever they may be.”
In 2010 it was held 29-31 March, in Limerick, Ireland. Pancha Enzyme and Ishbel Hartmann will present their highlights from the conference. We also welcome views from anyone else who was at the conference!

This notecard has some links to reports etc. about the conference. I will also be putting these on my blog tomorrow: http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/

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The main LILAC website is at http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/
The Twitter stream is http://twitter.com/lilac_2010

The University of Edinburgh librarians in Second Life discussion continues

 

The University of Edinburgh librarians in Second Life discussion continues
As mentioned in my prior post this discussion is on Information Services for learners in Second Life (via Edinburgh librarian) http://tinyurl.com/yksjorb
This picture shows the group after we left the table out on the back deck and we're now out front examining the IS cream van this university is using to provide help to their distance learners - interesting concept and the van works surprisingly well. Creative project and according to their statistics thus far, quite successful.
(As soon as the chatlog of this discussion is posted online, I'll link to that here.)

University of Edinburgh librarians lead discussion on Infolit iSchool Island in Second Life

 

 University of Edinburgh librarians lead discussion on Infolit iSchool Island in Second Life
Information Services for learners in Second Life is the topic of today's discussion: http://virtualworldwatch.net/2009/12/06/information-services-for-learners-in-...
Sheila Yoshikawa graciously hosts regular discussions on her University of Sheffield, Infolit iSchool Island. It's a packed house today and time to head off to check out the van they've been using to reach their distance learners in Second Life-more to come.