Today’s stories include: Claire visits St Heliers, YouTube introduces the intelligent channel, is Wikipedia really the library’s competition, and more.

New Zealand

• My first book review: African Reading Challenge | @jransom. (BoK4)
• Crowd-surfing duo rock the library via @sallyheroes. (BoK3)
• On being seen and heard (or not) at St Heliers | Latitude of Libraries via @sallyheroes. (BoK3)
• APNK February Newsletter (pdf) | @PeepsNetwork. (BoK3)

Worldwide

• YouTube introduces The Intelligent Channel–an effort to promote educational & cultural progress online via @brainpicker. (BoK7)
• Early bird registration is now open for ALIA2012 via @VaVeros. (BoK1)
• Clever use of Twitter and Storify for advocacy: School Libraries for Newly Qualified Teachers via @Anne6fy. (BoK1)
• Is Wikipedia really the library’s competition? | @aarontay. (BoK9)
• A very fine line: Seattle libraries: No sleeping or eating allowed, but porn-watching OK via @socialmediabutt. (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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