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Join us on Saturday, August 16th at 1 PM SLT to celebrate the Grand Opening of Virtual Ability Island.
The island was developed with a new resident orientation center, advanced tutorials, and training facilities for individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions. The entire island is accessibility-friendly for new and experienced residents and will provide ongoing classes for people who want to search for and evaluate health information. Funding came through an initial grant from the National Library of Medicine to the Alliance Library System and is sustained by the generosity of individual contributors to Virtual Ability, Inc. We are excited to present this important resource to members of the Second Life community!
Location: Virtual Ability Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/128/128/23
Contact Carolina Keats or Eme Capalini, inworld, for more information.
The Alliance Library System (ALS) is pleased to announce that the Greater Midwest Region/National Library of Medicine has awarded ALS a $35,000 grant to provide consumer health information to people with disabilities and chronic illness, in Second Life.
Partnering with ALS in the project will be Virtual Ability, Inc. (VAI). VAI presence in Second Life has included their ongoing work as The Heron Sanctuary, which provides a community of support for people with disabilities.
The grant, called Share the Health: Training People with Disabilities and Chronic Medical Conditions on how to Locate Quality Health Information, will fund a new island with an orientation and training center for people with disabilities and chronic illness. It is the third grant awarded to ALS for the provision of consumer health information in Second Life, and will also fund a continuation of current efforts.
For more information on this project, please contact Carol Perryman at cp1757@gmail.com, or in Second Life as Carolina Keats.
For more information on the Alliance Library System, please see www.alliancelibrarysystem.com or contact Lori Bell at at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
309-694-9200 ext. 2128, or in Second Life as Lorelei Junot.
For more information on the Greater Midwest Region/National Library of Medicine, please see http://nnlm.gov/gmr/.
For more information on Virtual Ability, Inc., please see www.VirtualAbility.org or contact Alice Krueger at akrueger@virtualability.org or in Second Life as Gentle Heron.
Partnering with ALS in the project will be Virtual Ability, Inc. (VAI). VAI presence in Second Life has included their ongoing work as The Heron Sanctuary, which provides a community of support for people with disabilities.
The grant, called Share the Health: Training People with Disabilities and Chronic Medical Conditions on how to Locate Quality Health Information, will fund a new island with an orientation and training center for people with disabilities and chronic illness. It is the third grant awarded to ALS for the provision of consumer health information in Second Life, and will also fund a continuation of current efforts.
For more information on this project, please contact Carol Perryman at cp1757@gmail.com, or in Second Life as Carolina Keats.
For more information on the Alliance Library System, please see www.alliancelibrarysystem.com or contact Lori Bell at at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
309-694-9200 ext. 2128, or in Second Life as Lorelei Junot.
For more information on the Greater Midwest Region/National Library of Medicine, please see http://nnlm.gov/gmr/.
For more information on Virtual Ability, Inc., please see www.VirtualAbility.org or contact Alice Krueger at akrueger@virtualability.org or in Second Life as Gentle Heron.
This project is funded in large part by the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of the National Library of Medicine.
The Regional Medical Program (RML) External Link Indicator is a federal contract competition from the U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) External Link Indicator that occurs every five years.
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences (UIC LHS) External Link Indicator has been contracted to be the Regional Medical Library (RML) office for the Greater Midwest Region for May 2006 to April 2011.
The Greater Midwest Region is one of eight regions in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) External Link Indicator and includes: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The NN/LM's goal is to enhance access to health information for health professionals and the public.
More information is available at http://nnlm.gov/gmr/
The Regional Medical Program (RML) External Link Indicator is a federal contract competition from the U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) External Link Indicator that occurs every five years.
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences (UIC LHS) External Link Indicator has been contracted to be the Regional Medical Library (RML) office for the Greater Midwest Region for May 2006 to April 2011.
The Greater Midwest Region is one of eight regions in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) External Link Indicator and includes: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The NN/LM's goal is to enhance access to health information for health professionals and the public.
More information is available at http://nnlm.gov/gmr/
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