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Festival of Authors in Second Life
January 29, 2008

Attention Second Lifers (and those who have been waiting for a literary excuse to join the party):

Please spread the word to youth services librarians and the teens they serve. 

On Saturday, the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), TeachingBooks.net, and Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries and Information Services, will host a Festival of Authors.

According to Nick Glass, founder of TeachingBooks.net:

This virtual literary celebration that will take place on Saturday, February 2,  from 10 am to 2 pm PST (1 pm – 5 pm EST), in Teen Second Life. This event will showcase selected authors of young adult literature for a teen audience in an exhibition that provides author information and links to podcasts, videoclips, and a wealth of author website links. There will also be avatar appearances by noted authors Marc Aronson (10 am PST/1pm EST), Barry Lyga (11 am PST/2pm EST), and Carol Baldwin (12 pm PST/3pm EST) on the teen grid. A similar exhibition will be taking place on the main grid of Second Life at the same time. 

Teen Second Life is a 3D virtual world where teens can learn valuable 21st century skills and build a variety of developmental assets as they engage with their peers from all over the world, communicate in multiple media formats, and express their identities through their own virtual appearances.

For more details.

Posted by Joyce Valenza on January 29, 2008 | Comments (0)