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Second Life
http://secondlife.com

There.com
http://www.there.com/

Lively (by Google)
http://lively.com/

General Virtual Worlds info


“The Problem with Virtual Worlds”
Nick Wilson, Metaversed, Oct. 23 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yvtmag

Terra Nova blog
http://terranova.blogs.com/
Sidebar contains links to over 50 virtual worlds, including the ones referenced on slides 5 and 6



“Getting Real Work Done in Virtual Worlds”
Forrester Research, Inc. Jan. 2008
http://tinyurl.com/6z5uut

Custom Virtual Worlds Builders:


Forterra Inc.
http://www.forterrainc.com/

UnisFair: "The leading provider of virtual events, virtual trade shows, and online job fairs..."
http://www.unisfair.com/

Virtual Heroes: Serious Games Design
http://www.virtualheroes.com/

Quaq Forums: Virtual Worlds Collaboration Solutions
http://www.qwaq.com/

NMC Virtual Worlds (education focused services)
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/services/

Virtual worlds platforms (most in development):


Open Simulator
www.opensimulator.org/

Multiverse
www.multiverse.net/

Metaplace
http://www.metaplace.com/

ActiveWorlds
http://www.activeworlds.com/

Small Worlds
http://www.smallworlds.com/




Legal issues in Second Life:


Virtually Blind (by Ben Duranske, author of Virtual Law)
www.virtuallyblind.com
Current events and commentary

Virtual Worlds Law Library (by Kate Fitz)
www.lawspotonline.com
Bibliographies, cases, directory of “virtual lawyers,” more

Terra Nova
http://terranova.blogs.com/
News and commentary on virtual worlds, policy and law

Law of the Game
Legal aspects of video games and gambling

Play No Evil
http://playnoevil.com/serendipity/
Security in virtual worlds, MMORPGs, and gambling

How lawyers can use virtual worlds



SL Bar Association
Informal professional organization within Second Life for lawyers and others with an interest in law.
http://slba.info (on the Internet)
http://world.secondlife.com/group/663a5618-d61c-34f6-b4de-bb7a4c26c514 (within Second Life)

Continuing Education series in Second Life (offering California MCLE)
http://slba.info/speakerseries.html

Galileo Law Directory
List of lawyers and other law-related groups in Second Life.
http://www.lawspotonline.com/lawspot/directory.jsp


How Law Librarians Can Use Second Life



Law Librarians of Second Life (in-world group)
http://world.secondlife.com/group/9e9bcdc5-172f-14da-42d5-e739938e58cf

Ning - Second Life Law Librarians group
http://lawlibraries.ning.com/group/secondlifelawlibrarians

Info Islands Archipelago (Alliance Library System) -- over 40 library, university, non-profit, and education islands
http://infoisland.org/
School of Library & Info. Science, San Jose State U. -- campus and course in SL
SLEducation wiki lists dozens of projects and activities as well as many useful resources
http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses