“Through the looking glass: envisioning new library technologies” how inexpensive computers can transform information access and literacy

Abstract

Purpose

This column will explore how one aspect of Moore’s Law – price – can have a transformative effect on the utility of computers.

Design/methodology/approach

As computers become increasingly inexpensive, they become more accessible to new audiences.

Findings

Individuals, libraries and other institutions are using these new, inexpensive computers to interact with information, and the world, in new ways.

Originality/value

This is one of the first articles to examine Moore’s Law in relation to library applications.

Citation

Fernandez, P. (2015), "“Through the looking glass: envisioning new library technologies” how inexpensive computers can transform information access and literacy", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 32 No. 7, pp. 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-07-2015-0046