My single-room library has six computers for students to use. At times of peak demand, I'd hate to think that students had to work in other areas of the building in order to access our online library merely because other students were using the computers to play games as a way of killing time between classes. Call me old fashioned if you must.
Last week, my library director introduced me to Second Life. I had heard of it before, but I had never seen it. We visited a library island, which was empty. If I were online and wanted to find out information, I'd go to an online encyclopedia or an online library and do the searching myself. I wouldn't think of asking another online persona for the information.
With that said, I realize I'm quite different than a typical user of my library. I'm comfortable wit research, I'm easily distracted by computer graphics, and I don't like it when "work" and "play" seem to mesh.
Before I completely dismiss online games and Second Life and potential library applicatoins, I guess I should try them out more thoroughly. Maybe.
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