Second life and libraries

Just a few thoughts on SL. I know this will probably make me sound like a complete phobe, but second life gives me the creeps. I have used virtual environments for training and I think that is something that could really be extended, but I imagine many of us have enough trouble negotiating the real world without introducing a second one. Having said that, if we are to have SL, at least we can go to the library, many in fact. SL highlights something about the online life that bothers me, that is, the balance between what is acceptable in real life and what is acceptable in life online. For example, at my library you can ask for us to purchase books, and we regularly purchase items as borrower requests. In real life, a borrower will come to the desk with a few requests, 2 or 3 at most. Online, the record is 24 items, by one person in one session. No one would come to the desk and ask for that many items, they self regulate. That regulation seems to be missing, or at least blurred online. There seems to be a sense of invisibility, or immunity that sitting at a computer gives. I wonder if a better online presense by my library will make a difference. If developing a social presense and an interactive rather than a one way communication will reconnect us with our online borrowers. Hope so, and definitely worth aiming for.