What an opportunity! Eye4You opened in 2006 and was sustained through July 2009. The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County has decided to cease funding of Eye4You. The teen and adult volunteer community were phenomenal in the success of the island. I want to thank everyone for their commitment to Eye4You. It was an adventure and a pleasure to explore your vision of what a virtual library may be able to offer. We’re planning a closing celebration of the island on Saturday, July 11. More details will follow here on the blog.

Please take a moment to read the following summary report regarding Eye4You Alliance island, written by Sabriel Petronius tg / Cerulean Vesperia mg/ Beth Gallaway, library consultant in real life.

Feel free to add your comments.

RezLibris is a magazine for librarians in Second Life, and there is an article about the rebuilding of Eye4You that reports the progress made so far.  I’ve taken some pictures of the island as it is being designed, so check it out!  As the website manager and an editor of the magazine, I am working with teens to produce an upcoming monthly news show about happenings in Teen Second Life  If you are interested in working on this project, please contact me (Freda Fraina) on Eye4You Island or come to our weeking Sunday meeting.  Here is a link to the article.

We are also always  looking for teens to help with the building and  to help us plan upcoming events when the island is finished.  So, again…join us in our Sunday meetings!

Hey There Future Space Travelers!!
First things first …. It’s Summer Vacation!  WoOT!!!
Here’s some NASA  stuff to know about June …
June 3:  Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission in 1965.
June 10: The Mars Rover Spirit left Earth on this day  in 2003 to explore the surface of the red planet.  [...]

Last month during May teens decided they wanted to have a new island theme, over the past 5 weeks during weekly sunday meetings teens have been planning for the new look underground city theme.  Eye4you in the previous years have gone through many different island themes  but the eye4you management team think that this new [...]

VirtuReal Greetings!!
Cool NASA things happening this month….
- Launch of STS-125 Atlantis on May 11, 2:01 EDT/ 11:01 SLT to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope!  Read all about the latest Space Shuttle News to find out more about this exciting mission.
- Check out the 3D Photosynth Views of the ISS and Mars Rover
- NASA Student Group [...]

UPDATE
Sunday, May 17th, 11 AM SLT Meeting Agenda:
Storyboarding for the TV show that will be aired on RezLibris Magazine. We welcome all teens interested in bringing their innovative ideas and helping us brainstorm a great show! The theme for this first TV show is “Technology in Libraries”.
Planning for the upcoming TV [...]