Today’s stories include: NZ Post Children’s Book Award finalists, Harry Potter ebooks, Elsevier withdraws support, and more.

New Zealand

• NZ Post Children’s Book Awards finalists announced | @ChristchurchLib. (BoK4)
• How to search NewzText for ESL students (video) | @UnitecLibrary. (BoK4)
• Full service restored at Central City Library | @Auckland_Libs. (BoK9)

Worldwide

• Hmm NZ doesn’t have much choice: I Just Saw the Vox – Who is Kobo Kidding? via @flexnib. (BoK7)
• May 3-4, Sydney: Intelligent Information Symposium | @libsinteract. (BoK1)
• Harry Potter eBooks to Be Distributed to Public and School Libraries Through OverDrive via @librarianbyday. (BoK8)
• Elsevier withdraws support for the Research Works Act via @wawoodworth. (BoK8)
• Libraries *need * UI experts: Google-Trained Minds Can’t Deal with Terrible Library Databases UI via @ericrumsey. (BoK10)