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Gartner identifies Trends for Technology Adoption

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“Gartner…released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, assessing the maturity, impact and adoption speed of 44 technologies and trends over the coming decade.” [press release]

  • Key collaboration technologies in the “hype cycle” include: Podcasting, Peer to Peer (P2P) voice over IP (VoIP), Desktop Search, Really Simple Syndication (RSS), Corporate Blogging, and Wikis.

    • Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments

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    From the University of Minnesota Law Library, Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments: “As an aid to law review citation-checking, the following is a list of treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with available sources of hard copy. In addition, wherever possible, the entries are linked to the EISIL database of the American… Continue Reading

    Techological and Bioethics May Be Focus of Future Supreme Court Cases

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    Roberts v. the Future, by Jeffrey Rosen: “…in the next 10 or 15 years, as technology and science continue to advance and America’s demographic profile continues to change, the Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, be asked to decide a fascinating array of divisive issues that are now only dimly on the horizon.” Continue Reading

    The Future of Cataloging: Google Print WIll Not Supplant LC Cataloging

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    Will Google’s Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification?by Thomas Mann, a Reference Librarian in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. This paper was written for AFSCME 2910. “The larger the book collection, the more–not less–scholars are dependent on categorizations created by subject headings in catalogs and classified shelving… Continue Reading