Digital Convergence – Libraries of the Future by Rae EarnshawEnglish | PDF | 2008 | 420 Pages | ISBN : 1846289025 | 6 MB
The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is collected, stored and accessed. There are three principal reasons why this is happening – reducing cost, increasing quality, and increasing bandwidth. Moore’s Law results in ever-decreasing costs of processing, storage, and transmission. Digital information preserves content accuracy (e.g. digital television) in a way other systems do not.