Today’s stories include: NZ Post Book Award winners, Tony Millett and copyright, LIANZA Library Life, the power of play, and more.

New Zealand

• Wondering what this will show…. Library Life: Te Rau Ora – issue #358 – 18 May 2011 from @thewhaanga.
• The winners in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards via @chblibraries.
• Fantastic interview with Tony Millett yesterday on 95bfm about the new Copyright Act and implications for libraries via @lianzaoffice.

Worldwide

• Is There A Market For Selling E-books In Brick And Mortar Stores? via @myleejoseph.
• Libraries take note: Curated content delivered to your Kindle is as easy as 1, 2, Read via @paulhayton.
• Project Gutenberg Meets WorldCat via @lisaoldham.
• Quote frm a comment on A Country W/out Libraries, by Charles Simic: “Education opens the mind, libraries open the world” via @thewhaanga.
• Interesting rebuttal to Godin’s Future of Libraries article via @lewisr3.
• The Evolution of the Knowledge Web Worker  < good read, great infographic via @MoiraFraser.
• Are article level metrics (e.g. downloads, views) correlated with citations? via @libsinteract.
• The Power of Play: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Libraries  via @myleejoseph.

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