Jack Colbert
Public Services Librarian,
Flint River Regional Library System
Griffin Ga. 30224
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For the past few months I've been building virtual libraries on the WWW,
these are fully navigable, 3-D libraries, with books (linked to web-based
resources) shelves, ceilings, floors, etc.

My latest adventure is a world called "Librarea", located in the
"activeworlds.com" universe, and purchased specifically to provide
professional librarians with space to experiment with virtual library
interfaces.
This world has room for about 75 librarians to build, and each
builder/librarian will completely control his/her building project.

In Librarea, you can build functional, beautiful, information-rich
environments, meet with other librarians from around the world, create a
work of art, an aesthetic expression of your particular information
specialty....
"Librarea" is a non-commercial project that is completely free and open to
any professional librarian -- all are welcome...

You can visit this world by downloading the free AW browser,
available at ActiveWorlds.com, then,
click the "Worlds" tab, top left,
and scroll down to "Librarea".

If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact me
(from your professional email address) at

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Check the URL below to register your institutions
Web page in EASI's Batteri-free Web contest.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi