This seminar is over, the information is being left as a record of the training.
Time : 9.30 am - 12.30 pm 24 June 2010, Australian Eastern Standard Time. (hints for other times zones)
Cost : For new players US$34.98 (or approximately Australian $38.00) Note this is paid directly to Blizzard.
If you have an existing subscription to World of Warcraft you have already covered these costs
Location : Saurfang realm in World of Warcraft.
Registration : Please register online here, as well as joining the guild
Organised by: The State Library of New South Wales

To participate in this seminar you will need an Alliance toon in Saufang as the seminar is taking place in World of Warcraft. Guild chat will be used for the discussions. You will need a paid account as full chat function is not available in the 10 day trial accounts.

The seminar will explore options of using online games environments to provide library services, especially in the area of readers advisory services.

To find out more check out the slide share presentation shown left (use the right arrow key to move through it, or you can look at it here), pre-seminar preparation and frequently asked questions. Contact Ellen Forsyth on ellenforsyth@gmail.com for more information.

You will need to do about twenty to sixty minutes of preparation before participating in this seminar. Do not leave it to the last moment.

While holding a seminar in an online environment will be a first for New South Wales public libraries, a very successful science conference was held in World of Warcraft in 2008. You can read a write up of this science conference, it was featured in Online worlds : convergence of the real and the virtual edited by William Sims Bainbridge and there is more information here.