Information dynamics in virtual worlds : gaming and beyond / Woody Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Woody.

Series:

Chandos Information Professional Series

Chandos information professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games.

Public services (Libraries).

Shared virtual environments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Chandos Publishing ; Woodhead Publishing Limited : Oxford, [England] : Cambridge, [England], 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Presents a broad examination of the nature of virtual worlds and the potential they provide in managing and expressing information practices through that medium, grounding information professionals and students of new media in the fundamental elements of virtual worlds and online gaming. The book details the practical issues in finding and using information in virtual environments and presents a general theory of librarianship as it relates to virtual gaming worlds. It is encompassed by a set of best practice methods that libraries can effectively execute in their own environments, meeting the

Contents:

Cover; Information Dynamics in Virtual Worlds: Gaming and beyond; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; Part I Virtual Ontologies; 1 Mapping virtual worlds; Theory v. reality; Our theoretical moorings; Hyperreality; Globalization; Gender and queering; Actor-Network Theory; Intertextuality; Transhumanism; Spaces and how to move in them; Running in virtual spacetime; Money moves worlds; Some definitions; 2 Types of virtual worlds; Games; Gametypes; Perspective, aesthetics, clickiness; Non-games; 3 NOObz inworld; Gendered initiation; Stories and tasks

Floating World, active world:islands in the netBack to initiation; Help from the man; Symbols of passage; 4 Inworld info desks: information initiation; Official Stuff; The unofficial stuff; Wikis and forums; Fan pages, Blog posts, Newsgroups; Further discussion; 5 Info service inworld: how to practice info services in virtual worlds; Let's talk about librarians first; Inworld library attributes; Real skills for real patrons?; Who is the community? Who are the patrons?; Where to lurk; Viral you; Linden, turing, and kempelen's turk; Part II Time Inworld; 6 Hungry ghosts in second life

Deep and darkOfficial signage; Academically speaking; No action; Public, as in tammanial hall; I'm a mac. And I'm a pc; Real life again; 7 After virtual worlds; Thumbing into new turf; 8 Conclusions; Appendix I: SL librarianship; Appendix II: TOS; Second life's terms of service; Runescape's terms and conditions; EVE online's terms of service; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 22, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780632742

1780632746

OCLC:

866858541