Today’s stories include: Kindle textbook rentals, librarians as researchers, virtual reference, wikipedia article rating system, and more.

New Zealand

• Dunedin library services manager, Bernie Hawke, has had a late change of heart and decided to stay in the city | ODT via @dnlibraries. (BoK9)
• City library rejected 240 free Filipino books via @sallyheroes. (BoK8)
• For those of us struggling … from @AlisonWnz. (BoK2)

Worldwide

• Two US uni libraries move from bundle model to per-title subscription | @scholarlykitchn via @Anne6fy. (BoK8)
•  BiblioBouts online social game designed to teach college students to conduct high-quality research via @aarontay. (BoK4)
• Amazon announces textbook rentals for the Kindle platform via @LibrarianRy. (BoK1)
• Two Positive Things about Library Linked Data. Part 1: Precision and Recall | Metadata via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK5)
• Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think?  librarians/academics get on this? via @aarontay. (BoK1)
• How to Make “Librarian” the Coolest Gig on the  Planet  via  @pcsweeney. (BoK9)
• Librarians as researchers: that’s a good IDEA  by  @laurajwilkinson.  (BoK10)
• Extreme embedded librarian via @FrontierLibrary. (BoK3)
• Seeking Synchronicity:Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference  / new report from OCLC via @iroberger. (BoK10)