New Zealand

• “Library use dwindles so just give them Kindles” suggests Marlborough District Councillor via @PeepsNetwork.
• The Open Data website of @NLNZ supplies raw library info for anyone to download, examine and use.
• More than 420 people have signed up for the @anz23mthings group. Find out what’s happening this week.
• What’s the future for e-books in libraries? Part 2 of LIANZA panel discussion | @NewProfNZ.

Worldwide

• Vowing to protect the library: Timbuktu librarians duped Al Qaeda to save books via @VaVeros.
• “challenges of making substantial changes within [academic research libs] that rewards settled habits” via @rdlankes.