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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:25:17 -0400 From: Laval Hunsucker <[log in to unmask]> To: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <[log in to unmask]> In _Nature_ 478.7369 (on p.321) Chris Lintott concludes his review of Michael Nielsen's _Reinventing discovery : the new era of networked science_ (Princeton University Press, 2011) with the comments that the author "convinces us that radical change is a real possibility", and that this book "will frame serious discussion and inspire wild, disruptive ideas for the next decade." Nielsen foresees a new scenario for creative scientific work, and for determining scientific success and recognition -- one in which, for example, the traditional system of scientific journal publication does not ( to put it mildly ) play a decisive role. I was just curious whether anyone on this list who has read Nielsen's book might have any comments on what such a scenario may entail for the way in which library and information professionals will ( have to ) be educated and trained for their future careers. [ If indeed there will even still be a place for such professionals, if only active scientists will be aware of what is actually going on. ] Can we look forward to "wild, disruptive ideas" ( from LIS schools ) for adapting research librarianship and information services for a radically new environment ? Or is Nielsen ( himself a physicist / computer scientist ) just a daydreamer, and Lintott ( an astrophysicist ) too naïvely credulous ? - Laval Hunsucker Breukelen, Nederland