Today’s stories include: measuring your research impact, responses from NZ political parties, the library treasure hunt in higher ed, and more.

New Zealand

• The displays were a high point on a visit to Highland Park Library by @aklibrarytour. (BoK3)
• Read it: @lianzaoffice wrote to political parties prior to the General Election here are their responses via @paulhayton. (BoK1)
• Lots in here – reference services, mktg…: Claire’s latest post on A Latitude of Libraries via @catatonichic. (BoK3)
• Jan in Palmerston North discusses Sweet Search – a search engine that searches only approved sites from @L2_S2S. (BoK7)

Worldwide

• No librarian for new school library via @VaVeros. (BoK9)
• Prize? Buy your way out of future assignment!: The Library Treasure Hunt-Gamifying higher education via @janholmquist. (BoK4)
• Just came across this: MyRI is a self-paced tutorial on tools that help you measure your research impact via @sallyheroes. (BoK8)
• If most lib visits are 5 mins, need book knowledge to grab attn: Introducing Reader Development (Slideshare – read the speaker notes too) via @Anne6fy. (BoK9)
• Prove your library’s relevance by getting up-close & personal with customers to measure the *impact* of services  via @sallyheroes. (BoK9)

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