Finding Heroes

Today’s stories include: recovery of Kaiapoi Museum, towards a research-led profession, escience librarianship, and more.

New Zealand

• I’ve uploaded a video Searching books on library book shelves | @UnitecLibrary. (BoK4)
• Sue Sutherland talks about assisting with the recovery of Kaiapoi Museum via @ChristchurchLib. (BoK9)
• I hadn’t heard of this before. Great idea: Quadblogging | @L2_S2S. (BoK2)

Worldwide

• Restoring Reading Culture Among Students in Nigeria via @socialmediabutt. (BoK4)
• Great story and photos: Rockford Public Library readies its ereaders via @librarianbyday. (BoK7)
• Towards a research-led profession (or, how to become a practitioner-researcher) | @katiedatwork. (BoK6)
• New Journal of eScience Librarianship. Open access, peer-reviewed, focus on phys/bio/med sci via @jaygee35. (BoK2)
• Is this the same in NZ?: The Illusion of Unity | @wawoodworth. (BoK1)

Today’s stories include: book discovery, ipad improves literacy, Mills and Boon TV, and more.

New Zealand

• Searching by narrator is the only way to go.: The good & bad of audiobook narrators | @ChristchurchLib. (BoK4)
• New Zealand Book Month at Thames-Coromandel District Libraries via @sallyheroes. (BoK4)

Worldwide

• So it’s not *just* a toy/babysitter: iPad improves Kindergarten kids literacy scores via @Literacy_Centre. (BoK4)
• Could your library make something similar?: South Ayrshire Ebook Revolution (vid) via @jeaninness1. (BoK2)
• Nice.: #MillsandBoonTV has just launched! Check out our reading picks for this month.. via @VaVeros. (BoK4)
• How many touchpoints do libs have?: Book Discovery: How Many ‘Touchpoints’ To Purchase? via @aarontay. (BoK4)
• A great way to amplify good work. In video!: 2011 Annual Report for the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library via @sallyheroes. (BoK9)

Today’s stories include: soundtracks for ebooks, #VALA2012 presentation from Eli Neiburger, Iain Banks campaigns for libraries, and more.

New Zealand

• Lovely vid of Coralie Winn and #gapfiller, including the book fridge, in Christchurch via @thewhaanga. (BoK1)
• How cool is this? Kiwi company creates soundtracks for e-books via @Auckland_Libs. (BoK7)

Worldwide

• Watch Eli Neiburger from #VALA2012: Libraries in the Age of Information Ubiquity via @myleejoseph. (BoK1)
• Iain Banks campaigns against ‘barbaric’ cuts to libraries in Scotland via @jafurtado. (BoK1)
• 500 libraries in Punjab province Pakistan, shut down or managed by unqualified staff via @liber_amoris. (BoK9)

Today’s stories include: the case for linked open data, age of participation, publishers and ebooks, and more.

New Zealand

• No news today.

Worldwide

• Charge pubs for mktg?: Why Publishers Should Not Only Allow Libraries to Lend Ebooks But Pay Them via @mattrweaver. (BoK9)
• Want to join an online professional reading group? We’re having a planning meeting to kick 1 off! | @katiedatwork. (BoK1)
• Discusses personal portfolios as the basis to assess a first-year library instruction program via @janholmquist. (BoK10)
• “Everything we do should be measured by the benefit [to] the public”: The Age of Participation | @LibraryJournal. (BoK9)
• Very good animation of why linked #opendata is great news for you via @myleejoseph. (BoK2)

Today’s stories include: Indigenous Devleopment Research Conference, #NYR12 launch, can web 2.0 enhance cataloguing, and more.

New Zealand

• International Indigenous Development Research (prev Traditional Knowledge) Conference 2012, Auckland June 2012 via @sallyheroes. (BoK6)

Worldwide

• Can blogs and other web 2.0 tools enhance cataloguing? via @nicholascarman. (BoK2)
• Sophisticated search engine users need something better – commentary by Seth Godin via @adjoaofoe. (BoK1)
• Beyond Access – Public library innovators in developing and transitioning countries via @myleejoseph. (BoK1)
• OverDrive advocacy efforts and new services for library lending of digital books via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK8)
• Margaret Allen (ALIA President) on the #NYR12 launch – and what it means for LIS| @ALIANational. (BoK4)