Information technology and its socioeconomic and academic impact

Abstract

Technological and social planning often has unanticipated outcomes. The planned function of information technology is primarily information and storage. The latent function might be (1) an increase in Power for those able to make best use of this technology; (2) an acceleration of historic change in which multinational corporations may supplant nation‐states. The paper also speculates on unplanned changes in (1) the direction research takes; (2) library training; (3) accessibility of source materials; (4) the formation of library élites.

Citation

Doll, R. (1981), "Information technology and its socioeconomic and academic impact", Online Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024049