Jill A. Smith

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May 22, 2010 By Jill

From Lizzie Skurnick:

What iTunes did was to replace the CD as the basic unit of commerce; rather than being forced to buy an entire album to get the song you really wanted, you could buy just the single track. But no one, with the possible exception of students, will want to buy a single chapter of most books.”

That’s two assumptions, both incorrect. (This is why you don’t listen to writers whose publications slap up stories in teeny Times Roman.) 1) That all readers read alike, and 2) that whatever device prevails will accommodate books—not that books will change to accommodate the device.

What does this have to do with the law?  A lot.  General trends are more than likely to affect legal research and writing.  The iTunes model of purchasing specific items is going to reach out to Wexis.  And flexibility is still going to be key.

Filed Under: X v. Y Tagged With: changing paradigms, debates, e-books

Publications and Significant Academic Work

  • Smith, Jill A. (2011). Librarian 2011: Using basic library science techniques to manage technology requests. Law Library Lights, 54(3) pp. 12-13.

  • Smith, Jill A. (2010). Universal truths I learned on the mat: What being a yoga instructor taught me about teaching. Law Library Lights, 53(2) pp. 24-25.

  • Independent Study: Literature review on teaching legal research after the MacCrate Report (Spring 2010).
  • Pathfinder: Federal Civil Forfeiture Materials (Summer 2009).
  • Please contact me if you would like copies of unlinked material.

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