When setting up meets, working on important project, or setting up reports, blockchain gives people the tools needed for it. Library facilitation of peer-to-peer sharing beyond just books through blockchain technology could help members of the community authenticate the availability of different tools or services for a more efficient sharing economy. While DRM of any sort is not desirable, if by using blockchain-driven DRM we trade for the ability to have recognized digital first sale rights, it may be a worthy bargain for libraries.īlockchain Comes to E-Books, DRM Included Jason Griffey is in the process of researching such an argument with an internationally-regarded copyright expert, and will be working on a paper arguing for such over the summer 2017. Of interest to libraries, specifically, is the potential for these projects to be a lever for digital first sale rights. A rights management system built on blockchains is obvious and at the center of many current blockchain projects. The system would scale cleanly, while still maintaining quality of data through selective reading/output choice based on hash signing.Īnother potentially disruptive idea for information ecosystems is that of the Digital First Sale as a result of provable ownership and digital scarcity. Such a system would be accessible to any organization who wishes, with no additional expenditures. Because blockchains operate as a type of informational ledger that don’t require a centralized gatekeeping organization, they could be used to build a truly distributed metadata system for libraries and related organizations.
SJSU ISCHOOL SUMMER 2021 ARCHIVE
Build an Enhanced Metadata System for Libraries, Data Centersīuilding a distributed, permission-less metadata archive has perhaps the most disruptive potential.The following scenarios are just a few examples to get the conversation started. For those who are either familiar with technology or are just taking a look for the first time, there are several ways in which information professionals may be able to adopt and benefit from this technology. What Can Information Professionals Do with Blockchains?īlockchains have been used in a number of different applications ranging from managing a new cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, to using Smart Contracts for coding ways to track transactional data between persons.
0 kommentar(er)
