Today’s stories include: two Auckland Libraries’ win awards, impact of ebooks on libraries and open data by Europe’s national libraries, and more.

New Zealand

• Manukau Library won a Gold pin in the Spatial Design category of the Best Design Awards Annual 2011 via @Auckland_Libs. (Love the photos.) (BoK9)
• Papakura Library won a Bronze certificate via @Auckland_Libs. (Excellent photos.) (BoK9)
  

Worldwide

• Love this initiative from @utslibrary – Book Club in a Bag via @Kath_on. (BoK4)
• Europe’s national librarians support opening up their data via CC0 via @FrontierLibrary. (BoK5)
• What are e-books doing to libraries? via @first_lines. (BoK1)

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