New Zealand Library Chat Episode 3 – Sue Roberts – Leadership in change, Learning Cultures, Advocacy, Innovation | @corinh. (BoK1) Worldwide Worth reading the whole series: “Being Different, Part 4: The Elevator of Enlightenment” | @rtennant via @janholmquist. (BoK1) Update on Proposed Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Policy | @LibraryJournal. (BoK5) Five minutes with ……

New Zealand Plans underway for new library and service centre at Linwood | @ChristchurchLib. (BoK9) Information Online some thoughts based on keynotes | @corinh. (BoK1) Worldwide RDA in 10 Easy Steps (over the course of one hour) (webinar video) via @iroberger. (BoK5) Letters to a Young Librarian: You Are Paid in Smiles via @LibrarianRy. (BoK9) “Can Libraries Lend…

New Zealand Reflecting on questionable journals in scholarly databases | @novamacaria. (BoK8) Includes some good links: Hospital for School Library Books | @L2_S2S. (BoK9) Media release: New Katherine Mansfield short story found! | @NLNZ. (BoK5) Worldwide Read the #nls6 storified tweets for Monday morning and Monday afternoon via @sallyheroes. (BoK1) Really like this idea – library interfaces that…

I’ll be on Summer Break between Friday 14 December 2012 and Sunday 13 January 2013. There will be no blog posts or Daily News during this period. Have a great summer and see you in the New Year 🙂 New Zealand Hey – Librarians – Are you enchanting your school community? | @L2_S2S. (BoK2) Worldwide Where…

New Zealand Pam Jones from @LibraryPlus had a big lightbulb moment at #LIANZA12 via @sallyheroes. (BoK7) Want to know what was said about #freepubliclibraries last night in parliament? via @laurindathomas. (BoK1) Poll: Do you think school libs should be a quiet place for study during exam times? via @catherinelee33. (BoK10) Kete New Plymouth has 10,000 digital items | @PeepsNetwork….

New Zealand The online version of the Gisborne Photo News has arrived | @GisborneLibrary. (BoK3) Public librarian wanted for Emerging Leaders Working Group | @lianzaoffice. (BoK1) Worldwide The impact of open access on librarians (insights from librarian interviews) via @flexnib. (BoK2) So is it the ebook vendor who says ‘license’?: Random House Says Libraries Own Their Ebooks | @LibraryJournal….

New Zealand A storify of the tweets from the IT-SIG unconference held after #lianza2012 | @Ngaideckard. (BoK7) Worldwide An academic librarian perspective that also works for other librarians: Why We Do What We Do | @LibraryJournal. (BoK9) How are NZ cataloguers preparing for RDA?: RDA: Preparing for the Change Together | @LibraryJournal. (BoK5) How mobile-friendly is…

New Zealand Here’s @librarypaula‘s perspective on the Helicopter Librarians article. (BoK4) Worldwide A day in the life of a Nelson (British Columbia) librarian via @socialmediabutt. (BoK9) National Library of Norway will put 250.000 books from the entire 20th century online via @myleejoseph. (BoK5) Check out the timelapse movie (link on bottom left): San Diego New Central Library Construction via…

New Zealand Empowering students to achieve by R. Cherie Tautolo in the latest New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal via @sallyheroes. (BoK3) Worldwide MOOCs and Information Literacy Instruction | @vonburkhardt. (BoK7) Former Auckland Uni librarian Rose Holley in Library Journal on crowdsourcing Trove via @mrskiwiana. (BoK5) Could work with small targetted group: Helicopter Librarian: Expect…

New Zealand A ragtag bunch of computer misfits: Our Digital Object Workbench | @NLNZ. (BoK5) Worldwide A great video: Cycling for Libraries 2012, Day 8 via @loidagarciafebo. (BoK1) A Spotify equivalent for audiobooks? via @myleejoseph. (BoK7) Core Journals in Library and Information Science: Developing a Methodology for Ranking LIS Journals via @aarontay. (BoK6) Just started listening to: Fiction for…

New Zealand No news today. Worldwide This is bound to cause discussions in libraries. Have you considered it?: Losing the YA label via @myleejoseph. (BoK8) How should controversial themes be treated?:Confrontational curator, cowardly cataloguer via @K1Howard. (BoK5) * BECOME A BOK STAR * Completing your LIANZA revalidation journal is now really simple.

New Zealand Scientists say open access research inevitable in NZ (audio) via @ShiobhanSmith. (BoK1) Worldwide CLIR Releases New Report: “Core Infrastructure Considerations for Large Digital Libraries” via @ahornby. (BoK5) A clear and simple explanation: Digital Public Library of America earns an influential ally via @myleejoseph. (BoK1) In Sri Lanka, teacher librarian qualifications not recognised: Teacher-librarian project via @socialmediabutt….