Today’s stories include: images online – Auckland, British Library and BBC, banned books in NZ, info and digital literacies, and more.

New Zealand

• Loving new Heritage Images Online @Auckland_Libs – check out early photos of your suburbs like this one of Mt Roskill from @mtroskillib. (BoK5)
• Remoting it … 19#eqnz – GETTING TO WORK It’s a challenge… from @SarahLibrarina. (BoK8)
• Maori bartering crayfish: some striking New Zealand images on British Library Images via @kebabette. (BoK5)
• The #Matariki edition of the Medical Library Newsletter has been released! from @WMLIB. (BoK11)
• We blogged: “Breaking the Silence” and silencing others from @BookieMonsterNZ via @catatonichic. (BoK1)
• We blogged: 5 books or films you may not have known were banned or challenged in New Zealand from @Auckland_Libs. (BoK8)
• Karen Coyle and Andrew Booth have been announced as Keynotes for #lianza11 from @lianzaoffice. (BoK1)
• Great stuff – keep public libraries free by changing the law 🙂 via @hmlamond. (BoK1)

Worldwide

• 5 Conversations [About Libraries] I Don’t Want To Have Anymore via @wawoodworth. (BoK1)
• Wow, this is the worst thing about libraries / librarians I’ve ever seen via @theREALwikiman. (BoK1)
• Information literacy from an international/developing perspective (pdf): Thanks, @unescoNOW via @myleejoseph. (BoK4)
• BBC Launches “Your Paintings“; 60,000 Paintings Online From UK National Collections, Crowdsourcing Too! via @Anne6fy. (BoK5)
• Excellent summary about digital literacy from @Adzebill via @GisborneLibrary. (BoK2)
• Time to break down our forts -Let’s Talk from @acrystelle. (BoK9)