Information Professionals 2050

Information Professionals 2050:
Educational Possibilities and Pathways

Edited by Gary Marchionini and Barbara B. Moran

Informational Professionals 2050:
Educational Possibilities and Pathways
Edited by Gary Marchionini and Barbara B. Moran

School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information Professionals 2050
Educational Possibilities and Pathways
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Lee Dirks, ’90 graduate of the School of
Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
Director for Portfolio Strategy at Microsoft who was killed tragically in an automobile accident in August, 2012. Lee was an energetic and enthusiastic champion and advocate of scholarly communication, data curation, digital futures and other information school topics that challenge all information professionals, both today and in the future.

Contents
Introduction
B. Moran & G. Marchionini

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Part 1: Educational Trends

1

ED and INFO 2052: Oh the Places You’ll Go!
M. Eisenberg & S. Fullerton

2

Is Education’s Past Its 2050 Prologue?
W. Graves

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An Entrepreneurial Stance Towards Education of Information Professionals
E. Liddy

33

Digital

References: Giles, J. (2012, June 6). Why Google will soon answer your questions directly. New Scientist, (Issue 2867). Hagel, J., III, Brown, J.S., & Davison, L. (2010). The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion