Monday 9- Sunday 15th November is Information Literacy Week in Second Life.
Events have been organised by people in the USA, Colombia and the UK.
You will be able to participate if you have a SL avatar and have the SL browser
installed on your computer.
The website for the event is at http://infolit-week-in-SL.ning.com/ and that is
where updates to the programme will be.
The following events are scheduled
-----------------------Monday November 9th
***Student exhibition of Information Literacy
4-5am SL time (noon-1pm UK time, for times elsewhere see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=9&month=11&year=2009&hour=4&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
First year BSc Information Management students at the University of Sheffield
display the models of the "SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information Literacy" which they
have adapted with examples from questions to do with Swine Flu.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/136/211/351/
***Evento en español: Lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas en programas de
Alfabetización Informacional-Spanish Event: Lessons learned and best practices
in INFOLIT programs
7-9 am SLT (3-5pm UK time, for times elsewhere see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=9&month=11&year=2009&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
Se pretende reunir a diferentes profesionales que estén desarrollando programas
de Alfabetización Informacional con el fin de compartir algunas lecciones
aprendidas y buenas prácticas que dichos programas han dejado, y que sirvan de
guía para otros profesionales y programas.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/191/194/26
Organized By: Alejandro Uribe Tirado
***ACRL IL in SL Week event
6pm SLT (and ongoing to 15 November) 2am in UK, for other times see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=9&month=11&year=2009&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
MLIS students at the University of Hawaii collaborate with Alexandria Knight of
UCLA on an IL exhibit and event at the ACRL site on ALA Island
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/217/42/61
---------------------Tuesday 10th November
*** Health Literacy exhibit: launch!
9-10am SLT and then ongoing (5pm UK time, for times elsewhere see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=10&month=11&year=2009&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
Health Literacy is important to help you understand and manage your health care
decisions and needs.
Our interactive exhibit will test your knowledge about stroke (brain attack),
heart attack and some common medical terminology.
Come learn at our Health Literacy exhibit at Health Info Island!
Exhibit organised by Brielle Coronet, Medical Librarian
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/healthinfo%20island/18/25/22/
Ongoing exhibitions:
= = Student exhibitions of Information literacy
-------------- Wednesday 11th November
***HIV Testing and Information Literacy
9-10am SLT launch and then ongoing (5pm in UK, for other times see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=11&month=11&year=2009&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
Karuna Island is the Second Life sim devoted to celebrating the lives of those
dealing with HIV/AIDS and making information, support, and creative services
available to them in the SL community. Robin Mochi, Karuna Island Consumer
Health Librarian, has created an interactive mindmap on HIV Testing using the
SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information Literacy.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Karuna/33/50/23
Ongoing exhibitions:
= = Student exhibitions of Information literacy
= = Health Literacy
-------------- Thursday 12th November
*** SL orientation for librarians
6.30-8.00 am SLT (2.30 pm UK time, for times elsewhere see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=12&month=11&year=2009&hour=6&min=30&sec=0&p1=234)
New to Second Life? Learn some SL basics in this virtual workshop. It will be
led by Sheila Yoshikawa (Sheila Webber in Real Life, Department of Information
Studies, Sheffield University) and Kitty Mumfuzz (Keri Gray in Real Life, who
runs Weekes Gray Recruitment (http://www.weekesgray.com/)
To book a place, please email [log in to unmask] with your real life and second
life names and you will given the landmark
Ongoing exhibitions:
= = Student exhibitions of Information literacy
= = Health Literacy
= = HIV Testing and Information Literacy
-------------- Friday 13th November
***Opening of "What it means to me": an exhibition on the way people think about
information and information literacy
1am-2am SLT then ongoing
This is the opening of an exhibition drawing on quotations about what
informationand information literacy mean to different people. The aim is that
this will be a growing 3D exhibition that will be flown up to a sky platform at
the end of Information Literacy week.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/42/48/20/
**Information Literacy Panel: "Web 2.0 Approaches to IL"
Noon SLT (8pm in UK, for other times see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=13&month=11&year=2009&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
Information Literacy Panel produced by MLIS students at the University of
Hawaii. Moderator: (Alexandria Knight) Esther Grassian, UCLA
Panelists: (Sheila Yoshikawa) Sheila Webber, U. Sheffield, Marsha Schnirring
(Buk Binder)
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/56/191/28
Ongoing exhibitions:
= = Student exhibitions of Information literacy
= = Health Literacy
= = HIV Testing and Information Literacy
-------------- Saturday 14th November
Ongoing exhibitions:
= = Student exhibitions of Information literacy
= = Health Literacy
= = HIV Testing and Information Literacy
= = What it means to me": an exhibition on the way people think about
information and information literacy
-------------- Sunday 15th November
***Information Literacy week: Closing party!
1pm SLT (9pm in UK, for other times see
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=15&month=11&year=2009&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=234)
Come to a party to celebrate the close of the first annual Information Literacy
Week in SL, hosted by Sheila Yoshikawa (Info Lit Island) and Adra Letov, at the
beautiful Jazz Cat.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/118/28/35/
--
Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield,
211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
0114 222 2641
[log in to unmask]
The information literacy weblog - http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
Sheila Yoshikawa (SL) blog: http://adventuresofyoshikawa.blogspot.com/
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