Outlook in 2017
Shift From
print, ownership
locating information and authority
library science approach-emphasizing bibliographic analysis
measuring resources
volumes
title counts
pedagogy of legal bibliography
with some problem solving
library as stacks
cataloging books and periodicals
traditional doctrinal analysis
Shift to
digital, licensed environment
filtering information and authority
information sciences and knowledgment managment
environments
behaviors
networks of human experience
measuring outputs and outcomes
information usage
competencies
incorporation of best practices
information seeking behaviors
broader array
problem solving skills
practice skills
value of lifelong learning
advances in pedagogy
information literacy
technology literacy
basic applications
database architecture
security
forensic digital discovery
document assembly
presentation and courtroom technologies
etc.
advances in education technology
library as
portal
networks
human expertise
What you know
Who you know
institutional
services
self and group-directed learning space
ubiquitous access to information
communal place, defining respective communities
Legal profession
transitional community for students
safe community for students
focal point for local bar
Academia
Urban resources providing access to justice
proactively promoting and providing
scholarship
metadata
enriching the scholarly web
through semantic linking
Other Factors
interdisciplinary, comparative and empirical scholarship
metadata, hyperlinking and the semantic web
flattening of cognitive authority
folksonomy
wikis
mavens
comparative approaches
open source, open access, and protocols (as opposed to hierarchical systems)
licensed environment that eliminates or restricts
fair use and other privileges
public domain
