I think it's a great idea to establish a CILIP presence on Second Life. As the news item on CILIP website said, libraries are already starting to use Secondlife so it's clearly of interest to potential library users.
I agree that CILIP should have a good Wikipedia entry - I wonder why none of us have gone in to update the entry?
Frank Norman
NIMR
At 13:23 13/07/2007, Weir, H. wrote:
>Having seen, yesterday evening, the pages and pages of articles about Second Life in this week's CILIP Update, I'm really quite concerned about my subscription fees being used to set up Avatars etc.
>I know Second Life is all trendy and modern, and has even had a Money Programme special about it on BBC2, but Wikipedia is still far more widely used. (Plus, has more chance of being accessible through the dearly-beloved NHS Network gateways!)
>The CILIP entry on Wikipedia is quite frankly pathetic, especially by contrast with the American Library Association's one, and the entry for "Librarian".
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Library_Association
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian
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>The beauty of (and problem with) Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it, so long as they can summon up the interest to do so. Does the ALA really have the monopoly on people who are interested in our profession?
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>As for me, I'll use info skills training wherever I can find it, and will ask my 15-year-old, a keen Wikipedia editor on Doctor Who and other pages, for technical advice this weekend ...
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>Helen Weir
>Harrogate
>
>Alan Fricker wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Interesting to see this announcement relating to a second life meeting as part of Umbrella and the upcoming opening of a cilip office in second life
>>http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/exeres/20E637E2-8121-40D2-A2DE-C76E9AE63246
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>>This in the context of a recent discussion at HLG committee around what to do about our non existent wikipedia entry.
>>
>>The CILIP wikipedia entry is pretty slim
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Library_and_Information_Professionals
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>>I would have thought this would be slightly more important that floating around in second life?
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>
>>Alan Fricker
>>
>>Knowledge & Library Service Manager
>>
>>Newham University Hospital NHS Trust
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>>Glen Road, Plaistow
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>>E13 8SL
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>>www.newlib.demon.co.uk
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>>Tel: 020 7363 8016
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>> Helen Weir
>
>Deputy Service Manager
>Library & Information Service
>Strayside Education Centre
>Harrogate District Hospital
>Lancaster Park Road
>Harrogate
>HG2 7SX
>
>Tel: 01423 553104 or 553235
>Fax: 01423 553097
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>For more information about the library, visit our web pages at: http://www.harrogatenhslibrary.org.uk/
Frank Norman
Librarian, National Institute for Medical Research
The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
tel 020 8816 2227 fax 020 8816 2230 email [log in to unmask]
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