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Because taxonomies are not just for taxonomists ...
Join us at 2pm (UK time) TODAY for an afternoon of taxonomy & knowledge management tips, tools & guidance. Still time (just) to grab a seat here: http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/London/2022/register.aspx
Here is another potential role for librarians in the metaverse: preserve written history by publishing books as NFTs, building products for web3-based communities, & implementing tools to publish next generation of writers & artists.
#InternetLibrarian
https://metaversepublishing.io/
Louis Markoya, protégé of surrealist Salvador Dalí, will be one of the keynote speakers at #InternetLibrarian in October.
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Protégé of Surrealist Salvador Dalí, Louis Markoya's Virtual Exhibit in Spatial with the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art — Spatial https://tmblr.co/Zzn9Hnc9aCY38i00
Look for our director @cmairn at #CILandILConnect next month. He will be highlighting the educational possibilities using @spatialxr and other #VR technologies. More info at https://pheedloop.com/IL2021/site/home/.
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#CILDC
@dssctr & I presented “Engaging Users with VR” for @FLVirtualCampus. We used @spatialxr to explain VR & offer ideas to show it’s potential for education, esp. exploring mockups of outer space, art museums, avatar journalists, science labs, & more.
http://youtu.be/wScT0XGzJyc
It is so cool to see @spatialxr being used as a podcasting platform. Check out episode 2 with Archeologist Giles Morrow at https://youtu.be/ArBY-zpXL5Q via @YouTube
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#CILDC
#CILandILConnect
So happy to hear this after @drturnerlee at #CILandILConnect urged more #libraries to do creative things in their parking lots! #CILDC #InternetLibrarian
Nice #library project in Rhode Island, opening up parking lots for internet access:
https://www.oslri.org/parking-lot-wi-fi/
As always, #libraries are digital divide heroes.
Heard at @osheanRI
Over 800 ppl hear @lrainie keynote talk at #CILandILConnect in Sept & here's some interesting #Covid19 info from @FactTank. #CILDC #InternetLibrarian @ARLnews @ALALibrary #SLA #IFLA
NEW: How people around the world see the World Health Organization’s initial coronavirus response https://pewrsr.ch/3pp7X2v