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Screenshot: Old Main and the Texas State Water Tower in Second Life

A view of Bobcat Village, the Second Life counterpart to Texas State University-San Marcos.

Texas State Second Life Site Makes Top 100

Texas State University-San Marcos was recently included in the Second Life In-World Travel Guide. Distributed in 2008 by Que Publishing, this guide to the best places in the virtual world contains the top 100 destinations to visit within the virtual world of Second Life. Texas State was one of only two universities included in the guide out of many universities with virtual campuses in Second Life.

Bobcat Village, as the Texas State in-world virtual campus counterpart is known, features attractions such as a virtual library, two art galleries featuring highlights from our collections and student work, a large auditorium for classes and events, an amphitheater, a replica of the San Marcos River, and much more for visitors to explore. Our sandbox, an area where users can explore and build items with in-world tools, is a frequent stopping point for users from all over the world.

Instructional Technologies Support staff has been building and improving Bobcat Village since August 2006. Our virtual campus, unlike many others, is not a static environment. Facilities, exhibits, and surroundings are frequently changed to offer visitors something new to see and explore every time they visit our virtual campus.

Visit Bobcat Village at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bobcat%20Village/129/66/26. You will need the latest Second Life client application available for download at http://www.secondlife.com.

Included in the expansion of The Wittliff Collections will be more gallery spaces, allowing for a greater number of photographs to be exhibited from the growing holdings of almost 15,000 prints. The rich southwestern flavor of the current design scheme will be carried throughout the new areas.

Construction of The Wittliff Gallery Underway

The Wittliff Collections, on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University-San Marcos, will undergo a major expansion this summer to increase exhibition space for photographs and collection materials. Renovation plans also include a new formal entrance to welcome visitors, the relocation of the front office, and an enlarged reading room for researchers, to be named for author Cormac McCarthy, whose archives were recently acquired by the Southwestern Writers Collection.

The enlarged gallery area will allow more of the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection to be displayed, drawing from the growing archive of almost 15,000 prints. As part of the new entrance, a hallway leading to the new exhibition space will be built to display large art pieces and objects from both collections. The expanded reading room will accommodate more patrons in an inviting, research-conducive setting. Relocating the front office will provide a new central contact point for visitors. To read more, please click here.