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— I'm Timothy. I live in Wellington, New Zealand, and I work for Victoria University's Architecture & Design Library. This is my personal journal. You'll find I'm interested in librarianship, game design, information architecture, and some other stuff. Updates? — Try the RSS.

Projects Page

This page lists and describes projects I’m currently working on, or have completed and have had sufficient documentation for to leave up on the site. Currently, most projects will be related to my Masters in Library and Information Studies.

Virtual World Libraries: Challenges & Strategies

Virtual World environments provide libraries with an opportunity to overcome many of the challenges faced by traditional online library interfaces, add some of the benefits of physical environments in a virtual space, and draw on some of the engaging features of online video game systems. This research project aims to unpack and explore these three areas, using a qualitative methodological approach. This will involve a case study of libraries being developed in Second Life, a popular Virtual World. This project aims to produce a set of guidelines for the future design of libraries in virtual worlds, building on the feedback of research participants in concert with video game design principles.For more info: