Today’s stories include: free access to libraries bill, iWitness, uni students unaware of librarian role, and more.

New Zealand

• If most already return within 3 wks how will this help?: Book borrowing times to be cut via @librarykris. (BoK3)
• Bill lodged to protect free access to libraries via @teup0ko. (BoK1)

Worldwide

• “A good curator is thinking not just about acquisition and selection, but also contextualizing.” via @brainpicker. (BoK2)
• New Publishing Venture Gives Researchers Control Over Access (PeerJ) via @jafurtado. (BoK1)
• LIKE: iWitness lets you explore social media content from a particular time and place via @K1Howard. (BoK7)
• Slides, audio and screencast of @rdlankes keynote at #alconf2012: The Bad, The Good, and The Great. (BoK9)
• University students unaware of role of librarians via @Anne6fy. (BoK6)