@libraryberyl.bsky.social
Virtual Learning Librarian, an unretired VR nerd.
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📣 Some exciting news for Library Friends groups!
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
Special announcement for the 20th annual #NationalFriendsofLibrariesWeek:
We've partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to provide:
💰 $500 & $1000 grants for Friends groups in small + rural areas
💻 1 year of eLearning on us
📚 $500 Book donation grants
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
We've partnered with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to provide:
💰 $500 & $1000 grants for Friends groups in small + rural areas
💻 1 year of eLearning on us
📚 $500 Book donation grants
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 Some exciting news for Library Friends groups!
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
@ala-united.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social are providing grants to Friends groups at small and rural libraries. Applications open Dec. 17!
Learn more: bit.ly/3Wh5ZmM
📢 Excited to share my article “Creating Web-Based Augmented Reality Experiences in the Academic Library” in Library Insights! It highlights UNF Library’s Jazz AR Experience + VLC AR Tour.
Read here 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1sCHO...
#Libraries #AR
Read here 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1sCHO...
#Libraries #AR
Library Insights - V. 1, I 2 - Summer 2025.pdf
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August 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📢 Excited to share my article “Creating Web-Based Augmented Reality Experiences in the Academic Library” in Library Insights! It highlights UNF Library’s Jazz AR Experience + VLC AR Tour.
Read here 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1sCHO...
#Libraries #AR
Read here 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1sCHO...
#Libraries #AR
Is anyone out in the #vr world using the meta management system! My university is going to this to control headsets. I have several university created vr applications I need to install. How do I do that?
August 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Is anyone out in the #vr world using the meta management system! My university is going to this to control headsets. I have several university created vr applications I need to install. How do I do that?
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Documentary Explores Historic Struggles, Lasting Impact of Black #Librarians in America (via @wttw.bsky.social) news.wttw.com/2025/07/23/d... #libraries #publiclibraries
Documentary Explores Historic Struggles, Lasting Impact of Black Librarians in America
“Are You a Librarian? The Untold Story of Librarians” connects the history of public libraries, civil rights and literacy to the current political attacks on the public library system.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Documentary Explores Historic Struggles, Lasting Impact of Black #Librarians in America (via @wttw.bsky.social) news.wttw.com/2025/07/23/d... #libraries #publiclibraries
The VR lab I am working in is switching from Vive Pros to quest 3s with a meta admin center controlled by IT. How will that affect my day to day?
July 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The VR lab I am working in is switching from Vive Pros to quest 3s with a meta admin center controlled by IT. How will that affect my day to day?
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and ...
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June 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS DUVAL” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS DUVAL · No Kings
**A Duval Day of Defiance Protest**
Join us to stand against the rising authoritarianism, corruption and attacks on our fundamental freedoms—all while those in power continue to serve and enrich them...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS DUVAL” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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The ACRL Conference Scholarship Fund makes a real difference in the lives of academic library workers who may not have the means to ACRL Conferences on their own. Learn more about the positive impact of these scholarships and donate for ACRL 2027 today!
Make an Impact - Donate to the ACRL Conference Scholarship Fund!
If you attended the ACRL 2025 Conference in Minneapolis this April, you know that it was a excellent opportunity for academic library works to learn and connect with each other! ACRL believes that eve...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The ACRL Conference Scholarship Fund makes a real difference in the lives of academic library workers who may not have the means to ACRL Conferences on their own. Learn more about the positive impact of these scholarships and donate for ACRL 2027 today!
I am thinking about forming a Family book club. I used to see my kids everyday but now that they are all grown and all 40+ I talk to them but never see them all at once anymore. I am going to try a family book club. Then maybe a Zoom call? or Dinner meetup? Looking for a good book recommnedation
May 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I am thinking about forming a Family book club. I used to see my kids everyday but now that they are all grown and all 40+ I talk to them but never see them all at once anymore. I am going to try a family book club. Then maybe a Zoom call? or Dinner meetup? Looking for a good book recommnedation
I asked Google AI studio to create a Library Keyword game to teach how to create a search string using Boolean operators. It described it and wrote the code for it, and I embedded it in a LibGuide. Try it! #librarygames #ai #coding #oer libguides.unf.edu/Keywordgame/...
LibGuides: Library keyword Game : Home
LibGuides: Library keyword Game : Home
libguides.unf.edu
May 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I asked Google AI studio to create a Library Keyword game to teach how to create a search string using Boolean operators. It described it and wrote the code for it, and I embedded it in a LibGuide. Try it! #librarygames #ai #coding #oer libguides.unf.edu/Keywordgame/...
I am about to conduct a assessment of my Virtual learning Center to create a plan to increase VLC usage. We used Chatgpt to design the assessment survey. I figure I need to have about 400 people take the survey. We will start this fall. Any ideas as to how to get 400 students to take the survey?
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am about to conduct a assessment of my Virtual learning Center to create a plan to increase VLC usage. We used Chatgpt to design the assessment survey. I figure I need to have about 400 people take the survey. We will start this fall. Any ideas as to how to get 400 students to take the survey?
My grandson playing RobloxVR
April 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My grandson playing RobloxVR
Excited! 28 new headsets and 16 current gaming computers ordered for my Virtual Learning Center 💥
February 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Excited! 28 new headsets and 16 current gaming computers ordered for my Virtual Learning Center 💥
Is it true that 70 percent of VR users get dizzy and Meta is scaling back production because headsets are bad for the eyes? Had a woman on a tour blast VR as a dying "thing" today. Sounds like a hater to me and someone misrepresenting research. What say all the VR folks on Bluesky?
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is it true that 70 percent of VR users get dizzy and Meta is scaling back production because headsets are bad for the eyes? Had a woman on a tour blast VR as a dying "thing" today. Sounds like a hater to me and someone misrepresenting research. What say all the VR folks on Bluesky?
I think my VR lab is getting a VR HMD upgrade. But then they told me that in September . Now they are teasing me with "the 500 dollar" one. 🙄
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I think my VR lab is getting a VR HMD upgrade. But then they told me that in September . Now they are teasing me with "the 500 dollar" one. 🙄
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I was not happy when the #WithinVR app was shuttered in lieu of a Meta directed order for the creators to focus on the #SupernaturalVR workout app. But they have my attention with my workout guru #JaneFonda on the app in #VR. Jane and I worked out on VHS! My postpartum body loved Jane!
December 20, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I was not happy when the #WithinVR app was shuttered in lieu of a Meta directed order for the creators to focus on the #SupernaturalVR workout app. But they have my attention with my workout guru #JaneFonda on the app in #VR. Jane and I worked out on VHS! My postpartum body loved Jane!
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Samsung's Android XR headset is launching in 2025, and we went hands on.
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/samsung-andr...
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/samsung-andr...
Hands-On With Samsung's Android XR Headset, Shipping In 2025
Samsung's Android XR headset is launching in 2025, and we went hands on.
Read the details and our impressions here.
www.uploadvr.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Samsung's Android XR headset is launching in 2025, and we went hands on.
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/samsung-andr...
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/samsung-andr...
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While Samsung's headset will be the first, Sony, Lynx, and Xreal are building Android XR devices too:
Sony, Lynx, And Xreal Are Building Android XR Devices Too
While Samsung's headset will be the first, Sony, Lynx, and Xreal are building Android XR devices too.
www.uploadvr.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
While Samsung's headset will be the first, Sony, Lynx, and Xreal are building Android XR devices too:
Exciting news. I will be presenting at ALAAC 2025 in Philly! My presentation: Beyond the Books: Virtual Reality in the Academic Library #AcademicLibrary
December 12, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Exciting news. I will be presenting at ALAAC 2025 in Philly! My presentation: Beyond the Books: Virtual Reality in the Academic Library #AcademicLibrary
I sat in a Special Topics in #VRclass yesterday. Undergraduate students went out into the North Florida community with a 360 camera and created #VRexpereinces from a nature tour to Day in the life of a sailor #VR Experiences. I hope to get all the APKs saved to Digital Commons and as sideloads. :-)
December 4, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I sat in a Special Topics in #VRclass yesterday. Undergraduate students went out into the North Florida community with a 360 camera and created #VRexpereinces from a nature tour to Day in the life of a sailor #VR Experiences. I hope to get all the APKs saved to Digital Commons and as sideloads. :-)
If you are interested in #LibraryVR or #AcademicVR usage, like subscribe and follow the Instruction Request podcast produced by 2 #academicLibrarians at #UNF. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Instruction Request Podcast - YouTube
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December 4, 2024 at 5:55 PM
If you are interested in #LibraryVR or #AcademicVR usage, like subscribe and follow the Instruction Request podcast produced by 2 #academicLibrarians at #UNF. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Episode 6 of the #InstructionRequestPodcast: Introducing Library VR Champion is ready. In this episode, Lauren Odom, MLS and I talk about the new Primo Research Assistant, being careful using AI and we introduce our very first Library VR Champion features Dr. Kevin Pfeil. youtu.be/VwMKz3VQgtw?...
Introducing Library VR Champion | Instruction Request Podcast | Ep. 6
YouTube video by Thomas G. Carpenter Library
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December 3, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Episode 6 of the #InstructionRequestPodcast: Introducing Library VR Champion is ready. In this episode, Lauren Odom, MLS and I talk about the new Primo Research Assistant, being careful using AI and we introduce our very first Library VR Champion features Dr. Kevin Pfeil. youtu.be/VwMKz3VQgtw?...