Today’s stories include: Dunedin Libraries radio show, Canadian library eliminating fines, digital divide, and more.
Finding Heroes will be
on a summer break 16 Dec 2011 – 16 Jan 2012.
New Zealand
- On a roll (Travel Light tour) | @sallyheroes. (BoK4)
- Upper Hutt photos from yesterday (Travel Light tour) | @sallyheroes. (BoK4)
- Great ideas on promoting online resources + a case study of a UK lib that increased usage by 300%! | @EPICNZlibs. (BoK3)
- Worth listening to.: Listen to our latest radio show ‘The Library Mix’ | @dnlibraries. (BoK4)
Worldwide
- Interesting read! Windsor will be first major Canadian library system to eliminate overdue fines via @Auckland_Libs. (BoK9)
- I’m sure NZ libs could comment with some useful egs: Why don’t librarians collaborate more? | 21st Century Library Blog via @sallyheroes. (BoK9)
- Provocative piece, light on facts. Thoughts?: Do Men Get Library Jobs More Easily than Women? via @aarontay. (BoK9)
- *Nods head*: Digital divide & social media: Connectivity doesn’t end the digital divide, skills do via @librarianbyday. (BoK1)
- Please stop blaming the user: Stop blaming the user – at Attempting Elegance via @pstainthorp. (BoK1)
These stories are a hand-picked selection of the many being tweeted by a number of top quality library heroes I follow on Twitter.
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