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Tomorrow’s World

Happy New Year! The BBC has compiled a look into the 150 years, compiling predictions along with the odds of them coming true. Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years, BBC, 02 Jan 2013 When can my computer … Continue reading

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Life Next Year and Beyond

As we wind 2012 down and start thinking about the year ahead… check out this post: 2013: Hello. Goodbye on What’s Next: Top Trends December 19, 2012 Retirements, sleep and handwriting are disappearing, memory implants (yeah), digital butlers, and paying … Continue reading

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Head librarian leads the digital revolution

Head librarian leads the digital revolution at UVicBy Jeff Bell, Times Colonist November 4, 2012 “‘We’re about to enter a Golden Age for libraries,’ Jonathan Bengtson says” … “Ultimately, the university library brings people and academic disciplines together, Bengtson said. … Continue reading

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Classroom 2020

A Look Ahead : Classroom of 2020: The future is very different than you think by ERIN MILLAR, Special to The Globe and Mail, Published Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 4:29 PM EDT Starts off: “Imagine: you wake up at 9:23 … Continue reading

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Future of Higher Education-Pew report

Another thought provoking report… The Future of Higher Education, Part of the Future of the Internet series, released on July 27, 2012. by Janna Anderson, Jan Lauren Boyles, Lee Rainie “Imagine where we might be in 2020. The Pew Research … Continue reading

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Inside Higher Ed Survey

A few interesting posts following the release of  two 2011 Inside Higher Ed Surveys Library Journal and ACRL posts bring up some interesting commentary and also note that: “Two surveys conducted by Inside Higher Ed found that college and university … Continue reading

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