Significant aspects of Lively: An academic survey, please participate

[Isto]

Dear all,

(I apologise for any inconvenience caused by this invitation, please
ignore and delete this message if you are not interested in
participating in a study)

If you have used Google Lively, please, participate in a short survey
on Google Lively http://survey-3.istohuvila.fi/index.php?sid=11279&lang=en
and/or please consider sending the invitation to anyone you think
might be interested in taking the survey.

I am conducting a study on the significant aspects of Google Lively.
The purpose of the survey is to map the most significant perceived
aspects of Google Lively service for its users. The data will be used
to enhance understanding how virtual 3d environments should be
documented and what should be told and archived for future
generations. We know a lot about 19th century society and the ways of
how, for instance, the Romans lived because certain materials and
documents have been archived and preserved from those days.

My study attempts to map what would be significant to preserve for the
future of Google Lively and similar services in order to tell the
coming generations about the service and how we used it.

The survey is a part of the Academy of Finland research project
"Library 2.0 - a new participatory context" conducted by Dr. Isto
Huvila (Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi University,
Finland).

The individual answers will be processed strictly confidential. The
data is used only in the mentioned academic study and it will not be
handed over to any third parties. All informants will remain strictly
anynomous. This study is not affiliated with Google, any provider of
similar services or any other commercial actor.

More information about the project may be found at http://www.istohuvila.fi/library-20
and athttp://www.library2pointoh.fi

For further information, please contact me at
Isto Huvila, Ph.D.
Information Studies
Åbo Akademi University
Finland
tel. +358-2-2153467
email firstname...@abo.fi

Best Regards,


Isto Huvila