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ALA Washington office now in Second Life

Published by Lorelei January 9th, 2007 in Cybrary City Tags: ala, cybrary city. We are excited to announce the opening of the virtual ALA Washington Office in Second Life. The Washington Office is located on Cybrary City next to several other libraries. Cybrary City is one of several islands that librarians are using in SL to provide services to the users of this community. To visit our virtual office, simply click on the SLURL (Second Life URL): SLurl. At present, you can find the following items in the virtual office: An introduction to the Washington Office Information on upcoming activities at Midwinter and National Library Legislation Day. An interactive computer that will point users to ALA Washington online resources, including the District Dispatch podcast and blog. A slideshow of pictures of our office and staff. The Washington Office was established in 1945 as a conduit between ALA members and federal legislators on Capitol Hill and now consists of the Office of Government Re

New Tools

I have created a book blog for my high school students and a wiki for my Teacher book club. I haven't gotten any hits on the book blog but my teachers are enjoying the wiki. Do you have any online tools to suggest? I am using http://www.pbwiki.com for the wiki and I think I'll use http://www.surveymonkey.com for their evaluation.