How It All Started
•April 2006 – First rented building, first small plot of
land
•Alliance Library System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Library agree to
collaborate on project
•May 2006 – First island – Info Island I
•August 2006 – Info Island II donated
•October 2006 – Grand opening of Info Island I
•October 2006 – Eye4YouAlliance opens on Teen Second
Life
•December 2006 – Eduisland built as rental for educators
who wanted to work
together and to be close to library
•December 2006 – HealthInfo Island built with NLM GMR
consumer health outreach
grant
•December 2006 – Cybrary City built for participating
librarians donated by Talis
•January 2007 – Sirsi/Dynix Announces Sponsorship of Info
Island I and Eye4YouAlliance
Island in Teen Second Life