Community Virtual Library
A real library in a virtual world advocating digital citizenship and metaliteracy in the metaverse. CVL supports the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium by sharing podcasts of interest as part of Metaverse Libraries.
All Episodes
Interview about Virtual Environments with John O'Connor
May 17th, 2021
CVL interviews John O'Connor from Technological University in Dublin about his work in virtual environments. May 17, 2021
Education in SL Interview with Sandrika
April 20th, 2021
CVL librarians interview and educator in Second Life who is working on a PhD using virtual worlds for gamification.
Rare Disease Day 2021 Podcast in Spanish and English
March 4th, 2021
Pi Illios, Medical Librarian in Puerto Rico, built a Rare Disease Day Exhibit in Second Life. Pi shares about Rare Disease Day in both Spanish and English.
Meet the Nonprofit Commons Board
January 30th, 2021
A podcast shares the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, introducing new 2021 board members. This virtual group collaborates with artists, educators, …
CVL History: First Academic Librarian Barbara Galik (Puglet Dancer)
January 26th, 2021
Barbara Galik describes early memories about bringing the first academic library into Second Life.
CVL History: Early Librarians Rocky and Cindy
January 26th, 2021
Experiences of early virtual librarianship are shared by Rocky and Cindy, physical world librarians who were early adopters of virtual worlds in Second Life.
History of the Community Virtual Library (Part 1)
January 12th, 2021
An interview with early adopter librarians who began the virtual world library in 2006- Lori Bell and Rhonda Trueman.
Little Tree Poem by e.e. cummings in English and Spanish
December 19th, 2020
Librarians record a bilingual Christmas poem at the CVL podcast station in Second Life. Read by Valibrarian Gregg and Pi Illios
VCARA Dickens Read-Aloud 2020 Part 2
December 16th, 2020
Recorded at The Dickens Project in Second Life on Dec 9, 2020. Holiday Romance in Four Parts (Parts 3 &4) By Charles Dickens: A VCARA Live …
VCARA Dickens Read-Aloud 2020 Part 1
December 13th, 2020
Recorded at The Dickens Project in Second Life on Dec 8, 2020. Holiday Romance in Four Parts (Parts 1 & 2) By Charles Dickens: A VCARA Live …
CVL Caledon Reading: Single Malt Spacecraft by Marie Vibbert
November 16th, 2020
CVL and Caledon Literary Study (led by Valibrarian and Wordsmith) meets monthly in Second Life to read aloud and discuss literature- old and new. …
What Are You Reading? With Soup Jonson for Banned Books Week 2020
October 4th, 2020
Soup Jonson shares a session on Banned Books for the CVL Podcast Station a collaboration between the Caledon Community and the Community Virtual …
Shyla Shares Censorship for Banned Books Week
October 3rd, 2020
Sensitive topics such as suicide are examples of censorship. Shyla the Super Gecko illustrates an example.
Health Librarian Shares Censorship During Covid19
October 3rd, 2020
Pi shares her thoughts on health information and censorship for Banned Books Week 2020.
Email: The Monkey on My Back
October 2nd, 2020
Inbox Zero is a philosophy that helps us think about what to do with the never-ending stream coming at us. One tip is OHIO (Only Handle It Once) …
Pi Learns OBS for Podcasting
August 31st, 2020
Pi Illios built our podcasting studio in Second Life and collaborates to learn OBS and other podcasting tools.
Banned Books Week 2020 Promo
August 25th, 2020
Come to our podcast station in Second Life on Sat Sept 26th at noon Pacific Time to discuss censorship. Location http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tkachiev/235/202/25
CVL Tests OBS for Capturing a Podcast in Second Life
August 11th, 2020
Sitting around our CVL Podcast Studio, colleagues test recording in OBS and then creating an mp3 using Shotcut (free editing software).
Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca Virtual de la Comunidad
August 4th, 2020
a Biblioteca Virtual de la Comunidad proporciona recursos y servicios de biblioteca gratuitos a usuarios actuales y potenciales del mundo virtual en tres dimensiones.
Metamodernism and Changing Literacy Book Blurb by Dr. Hill
July 27th, 2020
A preview of the book Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Valerie Hill
Welcome to CVL
July 18th, 2020
The Community Virtual Library has a main branch in the virtual world of Second Life and has expanded to numerous other virtual world (VR) platforms.
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