This message is being posted to a number of lists. Apologies for any duplication. You are invited to attend a FREE panel session in Second Life on the topic, "Second Life Implementation at Academic Libraries" for the Texas Library Association Conference http://www.txla.org/conference/program.html Date: Friday, 16 April 2010 Time: 12 noon - 1:50 pm SLT/PT Location: Second Life [You will receive the SLURL when you rsvp] Speakers: * Sara Bordelon, Systems Analyst and Virtual Worlds Trainer, University of Texas at San Antonio * Lorin Fisher, Information Literacy Coordinator, Texas State University * Esther Grassian, Information Literacy Librarian, UCLA * Tara Schmidt, Reference Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio Please RSVP by Monday, 12 April 2010: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRicG5DN1dTS0R1QmVLZ1pp R0FYT3c6MA OR http://bit.ly/cxFjyq Basic Second Life accounts are free, however, you will need to have a computer that can handle the graphics, and you will need to download the Second Life software in order to participate. Second Life accounts: http://secondlife.com System requirements: http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US Please note: This program will be held in RL (real life) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. We have requested a wired ethernet connection for the panel session, so that we can offer it simultaneously in SL, but hope you will understand if we are unable to connect to SL after all. If you have any questions, please contact Esther Grassian: [log in to unmask] We look forward to seeing you on April 16th! Best, Esther Esther Grassian Information Literacy Librarian UCLA College Library Box 951450 L.A., CA 90095-1450 Phone: 310-206-4410 Fax: 310-206-9312 Email: [log in to unmask] Skype: esthergrassian SL: Alexandria Knight Twitter: estherg