How to Convince Administration and Management the Value for Libraries in Virtual Environments

From TechSource Gaming Symposium

Presenter: Barbara Galik (Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University)

Description: The speaker will discuss effective strategies and how to build a case for your library's involvement in virtual environments such as Second Life. She will provide practical examples of why libraries are important in the virtual environment and information you can provide to your administrator to convince them to get involved. If you are an administrator, she will talk about why virtual environments are important to the future of libraries and management techniques for staff involved in these services.

Intended Audiences:

• Administrators and others who hold the purse strings and approve policies
• Pretty much any librarian

at:

• Any type of library

Listen to an MP3 audio file of this session (40M, 43:32)

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