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Hi all, My name is Jack Colbert, and I'm a public services librarian with the Flint River Regional Library System in Griffin Ga., USA. Over the last few months I've been working on a project with several other librarians building virtual (3-D) libraries on the WWW. This project is called "librarea", and it features fully navigable library buildings, with floors, ceilings, etc, which contain links to web-based information resources. This is a not-for-profit, non-commercial project and it's completely free to any librarian who wishes to participate. Over the last few months, 19 librarian/builders (from 4 countries) have begun building here, and over 800 librarians have visited. The purpose of librarea is to provide librarians with an area to build and experiment with virtual library models. Librarea is built with a program called ActiveWorlds, which offers many possibilities for librarians: the building process is easy and can be taught in minutes, any object can be linked to display any webpage, the interface can handle streaming video/audio, chat functions, internal mail, and finally, a variety of "bots" are available that can automate functions and interactions within the environment. You are invited to join us and build your own library in "librarea". If you'd like to have a look at this project, go to www.activeworlds.com to download and install the free browser. Open the browser and click the "Worlds" tab, top left, to scroll down to "librarea". Or, if you'd like a quick tour of this project (without the download), go to http://www.swrlss.org/aw1.html. Jack Colbert [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%