The Alliance Virtual Library Project offers us some very good opportunities for:
- Personal development and networking in-world
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- Library resources in-world
- Personal Development and Networking In-World
You can volunteer in order develop your in-world skills and also to network, indeed to be a part of a community. The project is full of many insightful and proficient people. So, this may be an excellent way to get orientated and to learn while making a worthwhile contribution.
To volunteer:
- IM to Marimar Berchot.
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- E-mail to Marimar Berchot.
- Marimar Berchot matches up volunteers with projects.
Commitment? As little or as much as you want. Abbey Zenith, the Director of the Library Resources and Services, explainS this as follows:
There is no time requirement and very few professional requirements on volunteers. Some work reference shifts of two hours each week, some work only during special events, some enjoy what they are doing so much that they spend countless hours. You don't have to have library work experience to do this, either.
The key to volunteering here is your ability to do what you enjoy. There are volunteers doing collections, exhibits, reference, cataloging, events, marketing, etc.
There is scope for someone to pursue one’s own interests as a volunteer, she assures us.
Activities include: Referencing, Collection Development, and Professional Development / Continuing Education, as well as Special Interest Groups such Library IT, Archiving -- etc.
- Library Resources In-World
The Alliance Virtual Library is the hub of a number of English-language based libraries in SL. This is vanguard work, developing library resources in virtual worlds.
The driving force behind the Alliance Virtual Library is the Alliance Library System (ALS), founded in 1994 as the result of the merger of four libraries in the Mid-West USA.
The Alliance Virtual Library has close links with the American Library Association (ALA) project in SL.
