Finding Heroes

New Zealand

• “Be judgemental & take a clear stance about your collections….debate it with your customers.” | @megingle.
• Wellington City Council planning to cut $400,000 from libraries budget; total cut could be $2m via @lewisr3.

Worldwide

• Sharing our Story: the City of Darwin Libraries (vid) via @myleejoseph.
• Paperless public libraries switch to digital via @samchada.
• My Life as a Library RFID Consultant | The Galecia Group via @mickfortune.
• We’ve had a few ILS migrations in NZ recently. Was this you?: Stay Calm, Be Positive | @LibLostFound. 
  

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New Zealand

• Coming Soon! Reality Librarianship 2013 | @heroesmingle.
• Woop!: Waimakariri Council Gives New Kaiapoi Library Final Go-Ahead | @AyersDavidL.
• <3 this interview w @sarahlibrarina: continuing curiosity is important to keep developing professionally & personally.
• Great summary  about eResearch and libraries by Bruce White eResearch Librarian at @massey_uni_lib  via @AlisonWnz.

Worldwide

• Concise but still disappointing: The Big Six – where we stand at the moment | @davidleeking via @janholmquist.
• ARL’s Research Library Issues Looks at OER, E-Book Licensing, and Library Trends via @jafurtado.
• Focus on what works rather than what’s hot: Spare Me the Hype Cycle | @librarianmer via @mickfortune.

New Zealand

• Like like like ‘what if’: Be informed : what don’t you know? | @megingle.
• So @catatonichic isn’t as shy as she claims to be : Three requests I asked of our library lead team.
  
• Khandallah Library (@wcl_library) Opening Hours Cut Down via @missprints.

Worldwide

• Chattanooga and Labrary doing some very cool stuff: Making Room for Innovation | @LibraryJournal.
• Douglas County Libraries publishes first ebook via @stevelibrarian.
• Thinky thoughts: Creation, consumption, and the library | @librarianwilk via @LibrarianRy.

New Zealand

• Where in the world? | @heroesmingle. 
  

Worldwide

• LibValue: Comprehensive Approaches to Defining Library Value (webinar) via @aarontay.
• A long read, but worth it: Beyond measure: Valuing libraries via @aarontay.
• A MUST read: The Four-and-a-Half Types of People I Met in Job Interviews in May via @librarianbyday.
• YouTube Has Changed Everything? Music Faculty, Librarians, and Their Use and Perceptions of YouTube | @infodocket.

New Zealand

• No news today.

Worldwide

• Digital Public Library Raises Questions of Ownership, Permanence, Access via @myleejoseph.
• It would be good to see something similar for NZ: Federal Budget analysis for LIS professionals via @myleejoseph.
• Librarians: Your Most Valuable MOOC Supporters via @sallyheroes.
• This is THE QUESTION worth asking: How do you measure success? | @bringyournoise via @librarianbyday.
• Why Public Libraries Are A Better Investment Than Gold (audio) via @lyndelleg.

New Zealand

• If you missed the #anz23mthings twitter chat – Keep calm… It is archived via @janholmquist.
• “Collections should be dynamic & adapting & changing, almost like a living organism” | @megingle.

Worldwide

• The lastest Scandanavian Library Quarterly covers school libraries, digital literacy, info literacy+ ht  @janholmquist.
• When you want your school children to read more, who you are going to call????? BOOKBUSTER via @jaapvandegeer.
• Some tools from @theREALwikiman on how academics can become information literate.

New Zealand

• Great post on libraries and social media | @alisonwnz.

Worldwide

• Um, okaaay: Library crowdfunding for Incredible Hulk statue  via @MagLib.
• We do this in NZ, right?: Evaluating Summer Reading Programs: Suggested Improvements  via @KowhaiAnne.
• Now this looks worthwhile: $25 for a conference. No travel. Major speakers via @dupuisj.