Today’s stories include: best small library in US, APNK desk of helpfulness, self-service ipad checkout, and more.

New Zealand

• We are all book-hungry piglets: Central Library Peterborough (Christchurch) via @kebabette. (BoK9)
• The desk of helpfulness (who are these helpdesk people and what do they do?) | @PeepsNetwork. (BoK3)

Worldwide

• Focused on advocacy, marketing and partnerships: The Best Small Library in America 2012 via @LibraryJournal. (BoK9)
• Why Boycott Elsevier? by Kevin Smith, Duke Univ via @flexnib. (BoK8)
• Could @lianzaoffice do this pls?: The 1st Rule of ALA Exec Board is You Don’t Talk About ALA Exec Board via @pcsweeney. (BoK1)
• Yes please!: Self-service iPad checkout for Libraries (MediaSurfer) via @ericrumsey. (BoK7)
• Why teens should read raunchy novels and straight-up smut << Empowering adolescents with reading via @VaVeros. (BoK4)

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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