Vportfolio slides from Second Life class with Jeremy Kemp, supporting SJSU LIS Competency E

1. Micaela Rewell

2. Librarians dance and have fun at Jazz Cat I felt welcomed by the library community members I met in SL

3. Advice on SL from Snow and barbara Learning about grief from Leigh and Kaznats of SL’s hospice I learned from SL veterans as I worked on my service learning project and quests.

4. Charlton Isle Cancer Memorial Garden of Lost Love The grief sites I visited demonstrated SL’s power to help people feel part of a community

5. Helping Tolomeos find Spanish-speaking SL sites and residents Participated in pyschology research study on avatars In my assignments for LIS 287 I have sought to help others as I became more comfortable in SL.

6. The Mourning Chapel was designed to give information about SL grief resources to the bereaved SL GRIEF RESOURCES Memorial Sites featuring Grief Support: Asagao Memorial Park Memorial to those who lost their lives by suicide, offers the option of placing memorials to loved ones in the temple Charlton Isle Cancer Memorial At this new sim, visitors may purchase a plaque to remember their loved ones who have been lost to cancer - these are displayed on three walls that surround the entry to the memorial FairChang Vista Memorial Park Rod Longcloth will create a headstone to remember your loved one, if you write a notecard to him during your visit Garden of Lost Love Small but beautiful garden spot, grief counselors available, with indicators to let visitors know when they are online

7. The Job Links kiosk gives notecards to help librarians find LIS job postings JOB POSTING LINKS (updated May 1, 2009) General United States Listings: ALA Jobs - view listings by state: http:// joblist .ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller. cfm American Association of Law Libraries: www. aallnet .org/hotline ASIS&T: http://www. jobtarget .com/c/search_results. cfm ?site_id=180 CareerJet – listings for the Americas, by country and state: http://www. careerjet .co. uk / wsearch /jobs?s=library&l=North+America&lid=11 The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/jobs/300/100/6000/ Educause: http://www. educause . edu /jobs/38? tid =16500&&q=node/38&page_id=38 Library Journal: http://jobs. libraryjournal .com Library of Congress Job Listings: http://www.loc. gov /hr/employment/index. php ?action= cMain . showJobs LIS Jobs: http://www. lisjobs .com/jobs/index.asp ? LITA Jobs: http://www.ala.org/ala/ mgrps / divs / lita / litaresources / litajobsite / newthisweek / newweek . cfm SLA Job: http:// careercenter . sla .org/search/index. cfm Society of American Archivists: http://www.archivists.org/employment USA Jobs: Federal Government Job Listings – searchable by agency and country as well as U.S. state, choose Job Category “Library and Archives”: http:// jobsearch . usajobs . gov /

8. Micaela Rewell SJSU LIS 287 Spring 09