I love this kind of stuff.  The Alliance Library System and OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) have announced that it will be offering select activities in the virtual reality space Second Life.  “We are excited to be offering new outreach programs, events, and services to people who might not otherwise come to the library,” stated Kitty Pope, Executive Director of the Alliance Library System. “Second Life has almost 200,000 residents and is rapidly growing in popularity. This will allow us to see what works and what does not work in this area. Second Life has malls, residential neighborhoods, online communities – why not a library?”

Examples of OPAL public online programs include book discussion programs, interviews, special events, library training, memoir writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections.

This is just one more example of SL being put to great use. Via 3pointD