Today’s stories include: te reo Māori resources, Bill Macnaught, mix&mash, library staff use of online tools, money-saving tips, and more.

New Zealand

• Read the Prow Newsletter, Winter 2011 – excellent historical info about Nelson via @fentnz. (BoK3)
• L2 – We’ve Blogged – Esther writes about Mix&Mash and our teacher’s guide to help you to participate from @L2_S2S. (BoK3)
• Report back from session on use of social media in a disaster situation from @librarykris. (BoK3)
• Some sources for southern Māori dialect #hocken from @OtagoLibrary. (BoK11)
• Māori e-book gives access to nearly 500 biographies in te reo (from Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau) via @sallyheroes. (BoK11)
• Heritage Māori manuscripts acknowledged by UNESCO: Unique Māori manuscripts from Auckland Libraries’ via @toirakau. (BoK11)
• Bill Macnaught shares impressions of his 1st mth as National Librarian, and what his focus is for @nlnz via @sallyheroes. (BoK9)

Worldwide

• Hit the MARC?: Review of Eric Hellman’s Talk at ALA Annual 2011 via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK5)
• New open source software tool for indexing oral histories via @myleejoseph. (BoK5)
• 50% use listservs daily, 48% have never used RSS: Library Staff Report Use of Online Tools (Again) via @sabram. (BoK6)
• Some exc ideas on encouraging use of mobile devices in libraries from @pstainthorp. (BoK7)
• Booksellers Association in UK will formally oppose the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository via @PublishersWkly. (BoK1)
• Food for thought #lianza11?: Going to ALA Conferences? You’re Doing it Wrong! from @pcsweeney. (BoK1)
• Several practical handling improvement tips. Worth reading: How One Library Saved $130,390 from @LibraryJournal. (BoK9)