Information dynamics in virtual worlds : gaming and beyond /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Woody
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chandos Publishing ; Woodhead Publishing Limited : Oxford [England] : Cambridge [England], 2011.
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
Temas:
Video games.
Public services (Libraries)
Shared virtual environments.
Internet games.
Video Games
Jeux vidéo.
Bibliothèques > Services aux usagers.
Environnements virtuels partagés.
Jeux sur Internet.
video games.
SCIENCE > System Theory.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Operations Research.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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