Today’s stories include: ebook vending machines, roving enquiry, web scale discovery, etextbooks, and more.

New Zealand

•   My latest blog post – social media engagement from @paulhayton. (BoK3)

Worldwide

• Vancouver Community Library opens  (may be slow to load) via @sallyheroes. (BoK3)
• Ebook vending machines now showing up in Japan using QR codes for downloading via @bobinrob. (BoK7)
• Mobile technology for mobile staff : roving enquiry support at Warwick via @aarontay. (BoK9)
• Putting the User Experience in LIS Education by @walkingpaper and @mstephens7 via @myleejoseph. (BoK9)
• 6 ways to use Web Scale Discovery tools without visiting library sites from @aarontay. (BoK7)
• E-textbooks are destroying the old publishing business model via @Anne6fy. (BoK1)
• Also quite good egs for #rlianza jnls: BLA2011: “how unconducive to reflection the conference format is” via @flexnib. (BoK1)
• The Chronicle asks: What’s the future of the reference desk? via @FrontierLibrary. (BoK3)