A Room of One's Own: The Virtual Study Room as an Information Services Delivery Model

Marino, John L.; Karlova, Natascha A.; Lin, Peyina; Eisenberg, Michael B.

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Title

A Room of One's Own: The Virtual Study Room as an Information Services Delivery Model

Author(s)

• Marino, John L.
• Karlova, Natascha A.
• Lin, Peyina
• Eisenberg, Michael B.

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• digital library
• library services
• information behavior
• digital culture
• online communities

Abstract

Libraries are facing the challenge of innovation to meet user needs. Virtual worlds offer unique opportunities for curated, immersive, integrated, interactive, and flexible spaces. The Virtual Study Room is a unique design concept leveraging these opportunities and supporting information behavior in a virtual world. Participant feedback from a research event in Second Life indicates that the Virtual Study Room is a useful environment for individual and group information problem-solving, and serves as a model for the delivery of online library information services.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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https://doi.org/10.9776/14115

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