Today’s stories include: NZ copyright law, histories of Manukau, Claire visits Grafton, Commonwealth Writers Prize, augmented reality, school libraries, and more.
New Zealand
- Libraries fear internet closure over download law | Computerworld New Zealand via @lianzaoffice. (BoK8)
- Bruce Ringer’s ‘Manukau topics’ offers brief histories of Manukau’s communities… from @Auckland_Libs. (BoK3)
- The Library that Got Another Job (Grafton Public Library) from Claire at A Latitude of Libraries via @sallyheroes. (BoK1)
- Hooray! Kiwi Craig Cliff won best first book prize for for A Man Melting @ Commonwealth Writers Prize via @ChristchurchLib. (BoK4)
Worldwide
- Yes!!: Libraries & augmented reality. Adding video reviews to book covers -aurasma by @aarontay via @janholmquist. (BoK7)
- Excellent blogpost thx!: Facebook in school libraries via @genebrarian. (BoK7)
- Google does reading level (and dictionary) – NeverEndingSearch via @sljournal. (BoK7)
- We know we’re better than machines. Rawr! “Don’t discard the librarians” via @TheLiB. (BoK1)
- 11 important recommendations in the School Library Inquiry Report via @ALIANational. (BoK9)
- Looks a lot like project mgmt to me :-): Random Letters: The 7 (new) Pillars of Information Literacy via @aarontay. (BoK4)
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