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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807439803321

Titolo

Blockchain / / edited by Sandra Hirsh and Susan Alman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : ALA Neal-Schuman, , 2020

ISBN

0-8389-4682-8

0-8389-4681-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 87 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Library futures ; ; 3

Gale eBooks

ALA Center for the Future of Libraries

Disciplina

025.00285

Soggetti

Libraries - Technological innovations

Libraries - Information technology

Blockchains (Databases)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Understanding Blockchain -- From Medieval Origins to Modern Applications / Christina Cornejo and Stacey Johnson -- Blockchain and Decentralization Big Picture Opportunities and Risks / Jason Griffey -- Blockchain: Merits, Issues, and Challenges / Bohyun Kim -- Before the Hype -- Standards / Todd A. Carpenter -- Legal Considerations / Dan Blackaby -- Security / Tonia San Nicolas Roca -- Healthy Skepticism / Toby Greenwalt -- For the Future - Speculative Application -- Support for Scholarship and Scholarly Communications / MacKenzie Smith -- Credentialing and Continuing Education / Heather McMorrow and Amy Jiang -- Distributed Access to Library Metadata / Timothy A. Thompson -- Data Collection and Assessment / Annie Norman -- Lessons from Health Information Management / Victoria Lemieux -- Electronic Health Records / Frank Cervone -- Born-Digital and Digital First Content / JohnBracken and Michael Della Bitta -- Community-based Collections / M. Ryan Hess -- For the Present -- Blockchain Education for Communities / Link Swanson.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book in the Library Futures Series examines blockchain technology, a concept with far-reaching implications for the future of record keeping"--