Today’s stories include: digitised copy of Whakapapa notebook, academics and social media, Obama keeps library budget, and more.

New Zealand

• Elsdon Best – Whakapapa Maori Notebook No 1. Click thru to “See original record” for digital via @AlexArchivists. (BoK11)
• New technology seeks to safeguard knowledge of whanau, hapu, iwi and marae | @DigitalMaori. (BoK11)

Worldwide

• LOL: Lib shuts down intelligent computer that ‘learns’ after it starts giving borrowers saucy X-rated backchat via @sallyheroes. (BoK7)
• Where Cathy meets Heathcliffe: Speed dating goes literary via @dmirams. (BoK3)
• New JISC report on scholarly reading finds academics involved in social media also read more (pdf) via @datalibsam. (BoK6)
• President Obama’s 2013 Budget Keeps Library Funding at Current Level | @LibraryJournal. (BoK1)
• New mlibs blog post: Report on current m-library activity via @ahornby. (BoK6)