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Digital Library in a 3D Virtual World: The Digital Bleek and Lloyd Collection in Second Life

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2010)

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This research explores and demonstrates the process of setting up a 3D representation of a typical web-based digital library called ‘The Digital Bleek and Lloyd collection (lloydbleekcollection.cs.uct.ac.za)’ in the popular 3D virtual world, ‘Second Life’. The processes of building, scripting, and evaluation of the 3D exhibit are discussed. The report concludes that SL is a good platform for this kind of cultural representation. At a university level it could be used to showcase and share researchers’ work.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, 55A Polo Road, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

    Rizmari Versfeld, Hussein Suleman & Kyle Williams

  2. Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, M/C 0106 Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Spencer Lee & Edward Fox

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Glasgow, 17 Lilybank Gardens, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK

    Mounia Lalmas  & Joemon Jose  & 

  2. Vienna University of Technology, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Andreas Rauber

  3. Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell’Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via G Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Fabrizio Sebastiani

  4. University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Uk

    Ingo Frommholz

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Versfeld, R., Lee, S., Fox, E., Suleman, H., Williams, K. (2010). Digital Library in a 3D Virtual World: The Digital Bleek and Lloyd Collection in Second Life. In: Lalmas, M., Jose, J., Rauber, A., Sebastiani, F., Frommholz, I. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6273. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15464-5_79

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