Dedication -- Contents -- About the Website -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Virtual Worlds and Libraries -- Librar-Things Encounter the MUVE -- Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds -- Library, Education, and Museum Applications of Virtual Worlds for Child, Tween, and Teen Projects -- Edutainment Before Second Life -- Alliance Virtual Library Project -- Management in Virtual Environments -- Rocky in Wonderland: A Librarian's Journey Down the Second Life Rabbit Hole -- Reference Services in a Virtual World -- Collections in Virtual Environments -- Virtual Neighborhoods, Real Communities: The Caledon Branch Library and the Branch Library Program -- Teen Second Life -- HealthInfo Island: Center of Consumer Health and Medical Information in Second Life -- A Sense of Wonder: Speculative Fiction and Virtual Worlds -- Mystery Manor on Info Island -- Virtual Communities from Long Ago: The Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, and Its Educational Possibilities -- Land of Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Gets a Second Life -- Virtual Worlds and Education -- Why Have a Second Life? Convincing Staff, Administrators, and Faculty of the Benefits -- Teaching in a Virtual Setting -- Virtual Worlds, Virtual Students: Instructional Possibilities in Second Life -- New Frontiers for Distance Learning Library Services: A Virtual World Library at Appalachian State University -- Exploring Second Life at Stanford -- Avatar in the Classroom: Teaching the Nation's First MLIS Class in Second Life -- Afterword -- Glossary -- About the Contributors -- Index.