I just returned from giving an invited seminar on Croquet for the folks at at Ohio State University. The invitation to speak came from Laura Tull at the OSU Libraries. Both the library people and some of the key teaching/learning folks were there. The audience also contained a small group that drove up from Ohio University and included their CIO and head librarian.
I showed some of the newer stuff we are working on (annotation architecture and video avatar stuff). Some in the audience clearly connected with what we are trying to do. Overall, there was considerable interest expressed in learning more about Worldbase servers as digital repositories.
It was really nice to get some enthusiastic feedback from many in the audience after the comprehensive 90 minute presentation. The idea of multi-point video conferencing without the need for a server and the integration of a repository for all 'objects' was clearly very exciting to some. Both the Ohio State and Ohio University folks indicated that they will be each meeting separately to discuss if and how their institutions might participate in a consortium effort. Hopefully I will hear from them soon. We could all certainly benefit from what they can bring to the table in an expanded cross-institutional effort.
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