In the latest CNI Conversations podcast (http://wp.me/p1LncT-23U) CNI Director Clifford Lynch discusses the New Media Consortium Horizon Project megatrends report, the ICSU scenarios project, e-book self publishing, and much more.   Associate Director Joan Lippincott talks about selected sessions at the recent AAC&U meeting, as well as her recent participation on an ACRL-sponsored panel on academic libraries and trends in higher education.