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Archivist Llewellyn.
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==Projects==
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===Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives===
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Located in NASA's CoLab region in Second Life, this area exhibits records and other documentation pertaining to astronauts and space exploration throughout history.
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The Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives at NASA CoLab is the first virtual world library or archive recognized by the Library of Congress of the United States of America (ID #38392, MARC Code CaPsLAN). Its mission is to house and make available records and other documentation relating to NASA and NASA CoLab in SL. It also aims to be among the first and best repositories to use virtual world technology for enhancing the understanding of the history of science, technology and medicine by incorporating both primary and secondary source materials relating specifically to the history of aeronautics and astronautics as well as NASA’s intersections of other fields such as medicine and engineering.
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Major collections include the history of women, African-Americans, and the working class in aeronautical and astronautical history, as well as the histories of Apollo 11 and Space Medicine. It covers major events and well-known figures, but the majority of the displays are designed to appeal to women and minorities. The section on female pilots—such as Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman (first African American pilot), Helene Dutrieu (first woman to pilot a seaplane), Harriet Quimby (first woman to fly across the English Channel), and female space pioneers like the Mercury 13, Valentina Tereshkova, and Sally Ride—is exceptionally popular. So too is the exhibit Women Working at NASA from 1943-1964, including the now famous “human computers,” and Female Aviation Employees working for organizations such as the U.S. Navy, Consolidated Aircraft, North American Aviation, Inc., and Douglas Aircraft Company. Displays include digitized, born digital, and born virtual materials. Some items were donated or created specifically for this project, including: a photo of pilot Patty Wagstaff and a replica of her flight suit, a photo of James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, an original oral history interview with a Tuskegee Airman. There are 3D replicas that play historic sound recordings when touched such as Sputnik’s beeps and a replica of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 space suit that says, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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This interactive and educational project meets requisite professional library, archival, and historical standards, and achieved tangible, compelling results outside SL via the Library of Congress, the Nobel Prize Foundation, CNN, Spaceport America. It received praise by professional librarians/archivists at renowned institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and the Smithsonian. As the Director I composed the leadership and mission statements, supervised and coordinated library volunteers, provided library/archival reference and outreach expertise, applied my knowledge of digital library standards for description, access, delivery and preservation, as well provided virtual world versions of NASA educational materials and historical publications, astronaut Twitter pages, and links to NASA web sites and NASA TV. Additionally, I lectured, published, gave tours to faculty members and visiting student groups from various institutions in the US and abroad, hosted public SL events, and monitored and communicated qualitative and quantitative feedback for the continued justification of the project.
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* 2010 Linden Prize Finalist Video: [http://youtu.be/8lDgQx8OHn8 YouTube] . During the Linden Prize decision-making process, Archivist Llewellyn and the other volunteers at NASA were targeted by [[Prokofy Neva]] in her blog as part of an attempt to influence the outcome of the Linden Prize decision. In her blog, Profky launched false accusations against the volunteers and the library. The volunteers who created and ran the library were unpaid though the library was operated ''in collaboration with NASA''. That is, after submitting a proposal, the library was given land on NASA CoLab island to operate in Second Life, and a NASA affiliation, but the individuals working to build, script, assist patrons, host events, and so on were unpaid and not NASA employees. Ms. Neva argued that because of its affiliation with NASA, the volunteers did not need to win an award.
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* Article about the Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives appears on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4106780323/in/set-72157623706336113 CNN website].
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* ''Nature'' article: [http://blogs.nature.com/ub51cd45e/2010/03/12/studying-the-causes-of-cancer-creating-the-first-3d-model-of-p53-in-a-synthetic-immersive-environmen Studying the Causes of Cancer: Creating the First 3d Model of p53 in a Synthetic Immersive Environment]
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* ''The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research'' published Archivist's article, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/5223478385/in/set-72157623706336113 "The Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives: That’s One Small Step for a Virtual World Library, One Giant Leap for Education!"]
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* Ongoing Project: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4476302232/in/set-72157617621095453 Avatars send their names to Mars in Real Life] on Curiosity, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Rover
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* RL Presenter, "Send Your Avatar's Name to Mars," 13th Annual [http://www.marssociety.org/ Mars Society] Convention. Dayton, Ohio. ([http://www.slideshare.net/01archivist/13th-annual-international-mars-society-convention Slideshow]). ([http://youtu.be/T8DTxIvK0WQ YouTube 1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaF6cEcgB3c&feature=related Youtube 2])
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* [http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/staging/club-view.cfm?Club_ID=162 RL Presenter, Lima Astronomical Society (Ohio)]
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* Location: [http://secondlife.com/destination/neil-a-armstrong-library-archives Second Life Destintion Guide]
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'''* Images: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4650468498/ NASA BUZZ], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4611517063/ National Defense University-FCVW 2010], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4652760703/ 2010 Defense Technical Information Center conference]'''
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===Curiosity AI===
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Curiosity AI is an award-winning project that explores how artificial intelligence can communicate R&D concepts to be used in our future exploration of Mars.
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Curiosity AI was hosted on VADER2 island by US Department of Defense, [http://www.arl.army.mil US Army Research Laboratory], Simulation and Training Technology Center.
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Curiosity AI, by Archivist Llewellyn, was an award-winning project that explores how artificial intelligence can communicate R&D concepts to be used in our future exploration of Mars. The project won 2nd Place in the Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge, including a check for $3,000, an engraved trophy, a ribbon, and a medallion from the DoD / US Army for "Simulation, Training & Research."
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* About the contest and award: [http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/challenge-gov-fact-sheet.pdf White House Announcement], [http://www.fvwc.army.mil/ Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Website]
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* Curiosity AI website and video:[http://archivopedia.com/Curiosity/home.html Home Page], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTP36tqwK0 YouTube]
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* Archivist wins Honorable Mention for her Curiosity Rover in the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4979790267/in/set-72157624885538834 Gogbot 2010 Singularity Art & Design Show], Netherlands.
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* [http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club-view.cfm?Club_ID=1134&Print=1 Mixed Reality Presenter, Sandhills Astronomical Society (North Carolina)]
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'''* Images: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/5644838308/in/photostream Archivist with Colonel Langhauser]'''
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=National Robotics Week, April 9-17, 2011=
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Archivist Llewellyn was a principal organizer in National Robotics Week in Second Life for [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/guest/home The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society]. Events included: presentations, tours, robot hunt, and a week-long virtual robot building competition with prizes. Hands-on classes related to building and scripting robots, and AIML basics were taught in world. Over L$100,000 were given away in prizes.
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* [http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/ National Robotics Week Website]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/roboweek/ National Robotics Week Flickr Pool]
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* [http://www.virtualieee.wordpress.com/ Virtual IEEE Blog]
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* [http://twitter.com/#!/IEEEVirtual IEEE Virtual on Twitter]
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* Mixed Reality Presentation - The Spotlight Internet Radio Show [http://thespotlightpodcast.podbean.com/2011/04/28/48-artificial-intelligence-2x16-pt-1-42811/ Audio - Part 1], [http://thespotlightpodcast.podbean.com/2011/04/28/48-artificial-intelligence-2x16-pt-2-42811/ Audio- Part 2], [http://www.livestream.com/thespotlightinsecondlife/video?clipId=pla_5b00098e-87df-41f5-82bc-0fa3bbe81ee5&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Video]
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* [http://www.livestream.com/thespotlightinsecondlife/video?clipId=pla_65530636-5744-488a-a021-56f1498d16c5&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Metanomics Video]
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=Machinima=
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Archivist published a [http://archivopedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Machinima Machinima Best Practices Guideline] in Second Life.
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Her [http://youtu.be/aN9uaAEXnbY video], "Can Results from Planck Prove the Inflation Paradigm?" with physics Nobel laureate [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2006/mather-lecture.html John C. Mather], received a [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3095934&id=81239734102 special showing] at the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelmuseum/ Nobel Museum] in Sweden. Mather's research led to strong empirical support to The Big Bang Theory. After the video, Dr. Mather was a speaker to a sizable audience in Second Life at NASA e-Education island and Stella Nova. A second [http://youtu.be/uek8-TapUPs video], with physics Nobel laureate [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/fert.html Albert Fert] also aired on the NobelPrize.org channel. Archivist has lectured on the subject of machinima at two conferences, [http://www.learningtimes.net/innovation/bohle Innovation for Libraries in the 21st Century (2010)] and the [http://conf.vwbpe.org/index.php/VWBPE/11/paper/view/167 2011 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education].
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Archivist Llewellyn and Ariel Miranda chaired '''The National Space Society''''s “NSS in SL” Machinima Contest, exhibition showing, and award ceremony. The event that combined Second Life arts and sciences. Celebrating the mission of the NSS for space exploration and the technical and artistic expertise of machinima artists is what this event was about. The unprecedented machinima award ceremony saw the teaming up of two Linden Prize Finalists--Archivist Llewellyn of the Library and Archive at NASA CoLab (NASA JPL/Caltech), and Taralyn Gravois and Jayjay Zifanwe of the The University of Western Australia. The winner of the 2010 NSS in SL Machinima Contest was selected by the Executive Director of the National Space Society, Gary Barnhard. The event and videos were featured on the [http://www.nss.org/contests/2ndlifevideos.html NSS website], the [http://www.nss.org/adastra/ NSS magazine ''AdAstra''], the Society's newsletter and other [http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20100612.html media outlets].
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'''Images: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4582427314/ Nobel Museum], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4106780143/ Archivist and Mather], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4296770056/ Archivist and Mather in Second Life], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4581692271/ Archivist and Fert]'''
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=Fun with Science=
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* The BBC radio talk show [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/latest-questions/question/2826/ '''''Naked Scientists'''''], hosted by physicians and researchers at Cambridge University, answers Archivist's question from Second Life: "Can Second Life avatars be controlled by thought?" Second Life [http://slurl.com/secondlife/SciLands/104/125/25 location]. See my earlier post: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/3308739967/ Brain-Machine Interface and Virtual Worlds - 2]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4368063009/ Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and Louis Friedman] of The Planetary Society discuss the new NASA plan, and answer two of Archivist's questions.
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* Marcia Bartusiak, Science Journalist & Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, answers Archivist's question during a mixed reality event at the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/3600038149/in/set-72157619331098620 Adler Planetarium].
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* [http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200911202 Science Friday, NPR]. Archivist's question answered by Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute "In terms of lunar exploration, what about other countries, and what does this mean for geopolitics?" ([http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613250 Transcript])
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* Archivist at the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/3451620382/in/set-72157623706336113 Virtual Feynmannfest] in Second Life, featured in '''''Discover Magazine'''''.
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* Archivist meets Professor [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/3506527083/in/set-72157619331098620 Jim Secord], Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) and Cambridge University Professor. The Project aims to find, research and publish summaries of every letter written by or to Charles Darwin.
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=Biography=
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In her first life, Archivist holds the Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree and is a professional librarian and archivist. Archivist’s background includes approximately 15 years of work experience in informal education (library, archive, museum) and formal education (K-16). She is a writer, editor and presenter. She has over 50 publications in various media formats. During her graduate study for the MLIS, she completed a project relating to the history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program at [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/home/index.html NASA Glenn Research Center] in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to obtaining her graduate degree, Archivist worked at the [http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/nw01/ Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum] assisting with the education programming and working as a tour guide. Later, Archivist worked with the collection of one of the [http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG30/SG379/biography.html founding members of NACA] (the precursor to NASA) located in the Oberlin College Archives. Archivist then served for a year at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as the Archivist of a living [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1962/watson-bio.html Nobel Prize] winning scientist’s collection (James D. Watson, co-discoverer with Crick and Wilkens of the structure of DNA) in the area of molecular biology. This included the official compilation of his books in translation. She has lectured on molecular biology digital resources at [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/subject.html the University of California, Berkeley] (2007) and science archives and history at the [http://bshs.org.uk/sites/default/files/2008-3Societies-Prog.pdf University of Oxford] (2008). She presently serves at the volunteer Director of the Library and Archives at NASA CoLab in Second Life, a public-private collaboration with [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]. It is the first library or archives in a synthetic immersive environment recognized by the Library of Congress ([http://www.loc.gov/marc/organizations/org-search.php MARC Code: CaPsLAN]). The project received various media coverage, including an article on [http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-301402 CNN's website]. Her publishing background includes Technical Reviewer (along with Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) for [http://www.amazon.com/MediaWiki-Wikipedia-Beyond-Daniel-Barrett/dp/0596519796 ''MediaWiki'' (O'Reilly, 2008)], a best selling book in Library and Information Science Automation, and editorial duties for two books published by Cambridge University Press (2004-5) as well as three other books. Archivist’s creative approach toward digital libraries and computing can be found in ''Library Journal''. A computer-generated video she made in Second Life received a special showing at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden hosted by the Nobel Prize Foundation. Her 3D visualization of p53 protein using data from the Protein Data Bank was published on the website of the journal ''Nature''. Archivist has co-presented about the library at National Defense University during the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4611517063/ Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds conference (2010)], and it also gained attention at the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/4652760703/ Defense Technical Information Center] conference. She was awarded the Linden Prize "Top 10" in 2010 by Linden Lab's CEO to "formally recognize the best of-the-best" for having "greatly enhanced and changed thousands of lives around the world." Archivist chaired/organized the IEEE National Robotics Week events in Second Life. Her current project "Curiosity AI" won second place in "AI Concept Exploration" in the DoD/US Army's international 2011 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge. Archivist was awarded a full scholarship for three years to attend the [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/ University of Cambridge] in the UK, where she was accepted as a Cambridge Trusts Scholar to study for the PhD. In 2013, she was awarded a CDS. She is presently a blogger with Nature.com and Scientific American. Additional accomplishments are noted in Marquis’ ''Who’s Who in American Education'', Marquis’ ''Who’s Who of American Women'', Marquis’ ''Who’s Who in America'', and Marquis’ ''Who’s Who in the World''.
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'''* Images: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/5644838272 Archivist and Watson], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/35047286@N02/5644272569 Archivist at NASA GRC]'''