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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

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"We're moving from a 'top down' model where high quality resources were once published through peer review and traditional authority-based publishing modes to a different model," she explained. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research.

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The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop launches today!

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This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. But this is not just for The Tech; our grant mandates that this project be a service to the museum community at large. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 3

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It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space.

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How I Got Here

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Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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How Much Time Does Web 2.0 Take?

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On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. I provided the Web 2.0 in quotation marks and hit search.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

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For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques. I spent an hour this morning "brand listening" to what the online world says about one of my favorite museums, the Exploratorium.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tagging and Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Showdown is a quick overview/review of the major social bookmarking services. The library community has a large presence on Second Life at Information Island which is where the TechSoup SL Virtual Office is located. Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging.

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