One would expect a publishing industry futurist to issue a set of predictions for 2012. But for 2012, Mike Shatzkin writes: Rather than predict the future for the industry’s biggest players, I am posing what I think are the biggest…
Posts Tagged ‘Future’
Reminder: Keynote Speech for AALL Futures Summit Webcast Live at 1 PM CDT Today
03
Nov
The two-day AALL Futures Summit starts today. Andy Hines, Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Future Studies, will open the Futures Summit with a keynote address and a Q &A session. His keynote speech will…
Beyond MARC: Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Plan for the Digital Age
03
Nov
The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control at the Library of Congress has released its initial plan for its Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative for dissemination, sharing, and feedback. Although the MARC-based infrastructure is extensive, and MARC has been…
Is the Legal Profession, Is the "ABA-Legal Academy Cartel," as Future Ready for Alternative Business Structures as "Professional Legal Services" Vendors Are?
06
Oct
Readers of Richard Susskind’s The Future of Law: Facing the Challenges of Information Technology (OUP, 1998) and The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services, Revised Ed. (OUP, 2010) can already see forecasted changes in the provision of…
Friday Fun: Congress Passes the Pornographic Media Concealment Act
29
Jul
Congress Announces Plan To Hide Nation’s Porn From Future Generations
Dealing With “Resisting an Officer” Charges to Protect Your Future
18
Jul
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