Information dynamics in virtual worlds : gaming and beyond / Woody Evans.
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 de...
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Chandos Publishing ; Woodhead Publishing Limited :
Oxford [England] : Cambridge [England],
2011.
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| Series: | Chandos information professional series.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1 Virtual Ontologies: Mapping virtual worlds
- Types of virtual worlds
- N00bz inworld
- Inworld info desks: Information initiation
- Info service inworld: How to practice info services in virtual worlds
- Part 2 Time Inworld: Hungry Ghosts in Second Life
- After virtual worlds
- Conclusions.