"Through the looking glass: envisioning new library technologies" how inexpensive computers can transform information access and literacy. Issue 7 (7th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fernandez, Peter
• Is Part Of: Library hi tech news. Volume 32:Issue 7(2015)
• Page Start: 4
• Page End: 7
• Publication Date: 2015-09-07
• Subjects: Library science -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Libraries -- Automation -- Periodicals; 025.020285
• DOI: 10.1108/LHTN-07-2015-0046
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-9058

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – This column will explore how one aspect of Moore's Law – price – can have a transformative effect on the utility of computers. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – As computers become increasingly inexpensive, they become more accessible to new audiences. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – Individuals, libraries and other institutions are using these new, inexpensive computers to interact with information, and the world, in new ways. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – This is one of the first articles to examine Moore's Law in relation to library applications.</p> </sec> </abstract>