Mission Statement

Metaverse Libraries serves virtual communities to share and archive high quality virtual environments, digital resources, and immersive experiences through collaboration.

Vision Statement

We are a global network of metaverse projects and simulations for the digital citizens of today and tomorrow.

Kevin Feenan

Co-CEO / co-Treasurer

Sytske wijnsma

Co-CEO / co-Treasurer / APL Director

Carla Pritchett

Secretary

As CVL’s Head of Library Reference, Carla is responsible for training and keeping track of CVL’s many volunteers who staff the library reference desk at CVL’s Main Library in Second Life. She holds a Master of Library Science degree and a Juris Doctor degree, and is a Reference and Government Documents Librarian at Tulane University Law School Library. Carla was also a school librarian for several years and has taught Legal Research at a library school.

Iain McCracken

Board Member

Valerie Hill

Library Program Director

Valerie Hill, MLS, PhD. serves as director of the Community Virtual Library and co-coordinator of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium. She has taught at all grade levels -kindergarten through college—and served as a school librarian before earning a doctorate in Library and Information Science. Her research centers on metaliteracy and digital citizenship in our metamodern era.

Buffy Beale

Board Member

Eli Segoni

Board Member / Webmaster

Eli has studied English, French and German in High School, as well as Latin, then Japanese and East Asian cultures at the University of Bologna, as well as at the Kansai Gaidai University.
Since 2010 Eli has been volunteering as peer reviewer and mentor for conferences dealing with education in virtual worlds. In 2017 they started working as transcriptionist at conferences about disability rights, mental health issues, and education in virtual worlds; in 2024 they stepped in to lead the team.
They also volunteer as webmaster for multiple websites related to education, music, poetry and art.

Shannon BRODEN

Board Member / Communications Lead

Shannon Broden is Communications Lead for Metaverse Libraries, Directory Lead for the Community Virtual Library, and Ambassador to the OpenSimulator for the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium. Shannon received her Masters in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University in December 2024, and was recognized by the California Library Association with the Technology New Leader Award for 2024. She previously earned a Masters of Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Shannon came to Second Life  briefly around 2010, but became highly active in Second Life in 2022 as a member of San Jose State University’s VCARA, under the mentorship of Marie Vans, Ph. D., and Bethany Winslow. She also has presented posters, presentations and exhibits as part of the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, and presentations as part of the Virtual Worlds MOOC. She is now the incoming convener for the American Library Association Virtual World Interest Group for 2026-2027 and also a member-at-large on the board for the Solo Archivist interest group for the Society of American Archivists.

Jamie Jordan

Advisory Board Member

Monika Talaroc

Advisory Board Member

Rossana I. barrios-Llorens a.k.a. Pi Illios

Advisory Board Member

Mike Higgins

Advisory Board Member