Abstract
Javier Velasco-Martin is a doctoral student in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He can be reached at jvelasco unc.edu and through his website at www.unc.edu/~jvelasco/ T his article explores how Second Life (SL) can be used to organize and display collections of information objects, with an emphasis on describing the differences to information architecture for the World Wide Web (WWW). During an NSF-funded project focused on digital preservation, we explored the display and conservation of ephemeral academic information within an immersive environment such as SL. This article describes some of the findings related to information organization, presentation, navigation and orienteering, as well as some challenges for the management of online communities.
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