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As vice president for academic strategies at Gartner Inc., which does technology research and information analysis, Mr. Zastrocky is one of the authors of "Hype Cycle for Higher Education," an annual report on the predicted effects of technology on colleges and universities. In an online forum, he answered questions from Chronicle staff members and readers about the impact of intellectual- property laws on digital archives at colleges and the potential of consumer technologies, such as the iPhone, as learning devices.
Q. Intellectual-property laws strike fear into the hearts of library-digitization advocates. Are there any indications that those laws will become less of a barrier to the construction...