Since presenting my poster at last year’s ARLIS/NA conference (2010), much has changed in our plan to execute a visual literacy initiative.
Due to staff and budget cuts we had to be much more realistic in the amount of training and resources needed to carry out our mission. So we decided to start our training, just in the libraries. What has resulted is a fabulous focused initiative that has been exciting and well received. We are still creating learning objects, but they are only on our visual literacy guide (these will no longer be mirrored the Second Life).
You can read our full Second Life Obituary Below. This fall we submitted a new proposal for service that includes our new approach.
I will be discussing our progress and plans at this year’s ARLIS/NA conference in Minneapolis during a session titled Images Unleashed, Expanding Beyond Traditional Disciplines. Hope to see you there!