Today’s stories include: teaching search engine literacy, academic leadership, text alerts at Hutt City Libraries, RDA in XML, and more.

New Zealand

• Congratulations to @paulhayton for winning the first Paul Reynolds Scholarship ‘No Numpties’ Award from @lianzaoffice. (BoK2)
• New APNK blog post – Communication, community and APNK from @PeepsNetwork. (BoK2)
• 36% of NZers use mobile to access internet: Social media influences purchasing | NZ Management via @sallyheroes. (BoK1)
• Public libraries in NZ ready to lend ebooks from @nztaylor. (BoK1)
• #slanza11– this is your view of the perception of school libraries from @donnarae9. (BoK3)
• New text alert service at Hutt City Libraries via @chblibraries. (BoK7)

Worldwide

• Blog Down Your Fines – Word Out 2011: Toronto Public Library via @janholmquist. (BoK2)
• Excellent read. Who wants to give it a go?: Teaching Search Engine Literacy with A Google A Day via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK4)
• On academic leadership via @flexnib. (BoK9)
• Coyle’s InFormation: RDA in XML – why not give it a shot? via @ALA_TechSource. (BoK5)