Exploring virtual librarianship: Second life library 2.0

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 167-195

  Hedreen, Rebecca C ^a   Johnson, Jennifer L ^b   Lundy, MacK A ^c   Burnette, Peg ^d   Perryman, Carol ^e   Van Den Brekel, Guus ^f   Jacobson, J J ^g   Gullett, Matt ^h   Czarnecki, Kelly ^h  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private School Librarian   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h ImaginOn   (United States)

Author keywords

Library 2.0; Online Collaboration; Online Education; Second Life; Virtual Librarians; Virtual Libraries; Virtual Worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650930683     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875300802103833     Document Type: Article

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