The End is Near

Sadly, all things come to an end. With this note I am announcing the end of VBI World in Activeworlds Education Universe. Barring a miracle the world will cease operations in November. The decision was made during the summer that Second Life offers a more active venue for the services that we hoped to provide in VBI. There are more Eastern University students active in SL then there ever was in AW.

It was a good ten years. VBI was demonstrated at conferences and meetings across the country. We even made a trip to the Library of Congress with our little virtual world. Hopefully VBI inspired others to build their own site.

We are now building the Virtual Learning Commons (VLC) and the VLC for Nurses in Second Life. We have rented space on the New Media Consortium's' Teaching 10 Island,http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching%2010/42/30/24 .

We invite you to come and join us. We want, especially, to invite rl nurses, medical librarians, and other healthcare workers to join us and be part of the VLC for Nurses.

Look for our groups and help keep the spirit of VBI alive!

• Learning Commons for Nurses
• Nurses @ Eastern University
• Eastern University Librarians
• Eastern University Students
• Eastern Virtual Librarians Group
  

I'm open to suggestions concerning VBI. If you have an idea about saving the world let me know.
But, we're happy with the success we've had and will move on to the new adventure.