Today’s stories include: LIANZA Children’s Book Award finalists, digital preservation, digital literacies, futurist librarian, and more.

New Zealand

• We’ve just announced the finalists for the 2011 LIANZA Children’s Book Awards – check out the list! via @fentnz. (BoK4)
• LIANZA is organising a Shake, Rattle ‘n’ Roll earthquake recovery dance party for the Canterbury Region from @lianzaoffice. (BoK9)

Worldwide

• Next-generation library catalogs, or ‘Are we there yet?’ – Great post. Ans : No 🙂 via @aarontay. (BoK5)
• Institutional Repositories and Digital Preservation…from DLib mag via @jaygee35. (BoK5)
• Big Tent Librarianship: Six Months Out (looking back at my LJ article)  from @wawoodworth. (BoK1)
• Rough guide to building digital literacies #blogjune Day 2! from @misssophiemac. (BoK4)
• Three In 10 UK Children ‘Own No Books’  via @psfk.  (BoK1)
• The Futurist Interviews Librarian Futurist David Lankes from @theyear2030.  (BoK1)

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