Today’s stories include: DRM and privacy, social metadata for libraries, role of public libraries, and more.

New Zealand

• A few African books to get started on for the African reading challenge | @jransom. (BoK4)

Worldwide

• Are we there yet?: We should not confuse DRM with piracy via @librarianbyday. (BoK1)
• Looks at 76 sites: Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 1: Site Reviews via @Anne6fy. (BoK5)
• Valuable read for libraries, esp for use in comms: Interesting insight into the world of illiteracy via @BrightWingsNZ. (BoK2)
• NRL stars to read to kids in Australia and NZ during Community Carnival 2012 via @sallyheroes. (BoK3)
• Shifting Roles for Public Libraries: From Supporting Player to Community Engagement Leader via @dmirams. (BoK9)

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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