Today’s stories include: Tauranga Libraries sourcing ebooks, librarians are revolutionaries, research assessment, shrinking web, future of search, and more.
New Zealand
- What do you think? Could it work?: Shared Services For The Public Library Of New Zealand from @Michael_J_Parry. (BoK5)
- Tauranga Libraries sourcing ebooks (using Wheelers) via @sallyheroes. (BoK8)
- How our libraries buy books (@wcl_library) via @sallyheroes. (BoK8)
Worldwide
- Librarians are Revolutionaries and Society Needs Us via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK1)
- AASL announces 2011 best websites for teaching and learning (school libraries) via @amlibraries. (BoK4)
- Useful infographic: Lighthouse: Answering Questions on Twitter via @sabram. (BoK7)
- Current research assessment could miss the big picture – Research Information via @iroberger. (BoK10)
- Preliminary Version of Transforming Libraries Portal via @LibraryRenewal. (BoK9)
- 7 platforms changing the future of publishing via @myleejoseph. (BoK8)
- The Future of Search Does Not Favor Google via @MoiraFraser. (BoK7)
- The Shrinking of the Non-Social Web – Ben Elowitz via @myleejoseph. (BoK7)
- Dr Alex Byrne, recently of UTS, has just been announced as the forthcoming State Librarian of NSW via @snailx. (BoK9)
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