The Application And Construction Of The Virtual Library In Second Life

As the Web2.0 is not a new thing to the users of Internet, the Lib2.0 is no longer a new topic to the workers in library. Taking use of the technology of Web2.0, the library is facing not only the technological innovation, but also the profound changes in the communication environment of the traditional information and the following concept transform. With the continuous development of Internet technology, a new survival method in network attracts more and more enthusiasts. This is the Second Life virtual world. As all walks of life have entered into the virtual world, also the library should get a place to provide service for the Internet users in need. This paper mainly studies the application of the virtual library in Second Life from five parts.The first chapter is the preface which introduces the study purpose, background, content and methods of this paper. It summarizes the related researches of the virtual library construction in Second Life, both at home and abroad.The second chapter is an overview of the Second Life. First, it generally introduces the origin and development history of the Second Life, and emphatically analyzes the Second Life's technical architecture. There are detailed descriptions to the elements of the Second Life, such as the residents and incarnation, the communication and move methods, the economy system, the innovation and copyright, the software system. Based on this, the passage makes an objective analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the Second Life virtual world, and summarizes the brief history of its development.The third chapter is an important part of this article which dissects the necessity and viability to establish a virtual library in the Second Life. It reveals the interdependence and promoting relationships between the virtual library in the Second Life and the library in the reality. It introduces the library 2.0 in the Second Life.The fourth section makes a detailed instruction of the service mode of the virtual library in the Second Life. It represents eight main application modes which are consisted of building construction, retrieval and access to resources, reference service, virtual audience Sharon, user education and training, arts centre, Second Life library conference, union library system. There are some charts to illustrate the former applications through the introduction of the library's example in Stanford University.There are some imagines of the virtual library's building in domestic in Chapter Five. Based on the analysis of the feasibility and barriers, the writer proposes a three-step strategy of making preparation, pilot model and promoting application.The last Chapter briefly analyzes the defects of the present Second Life virtual world and the virtual library. Due to some certain limits,the current condition of the Second Life still has more room to improve, but in the writer's opinion, the virtual library will must bloom in the world.