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Blockchain (Paperback)
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Blockchain (Paperback)
Series: Library Futures Series
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This book in the Library Futures Series examines blockchain
technology, a concept with far-reaching implications for the future
of record keeping. Blockchain uses a distributed database (multiple
devices not connected to a common processor) that organises data
into records (blocks) that have cryptographic validation. The data
are timestamped and linked to previous records so that they can
only be changed by those who own the encryption keys to write to
the files. Firms like Microsoft and IBM are already exploring ways
that blockchain can more securely handle valuable transaction data.
And Sony is harnessing blockchain to store educational information
(registration documents, attendance, grades, and even the lesson
plans that previous teachers have used) that can easily be
transferred between schools as students move or graduate. In this
book, technology experts and editors Alman and Hirsh build on their
ongoing research to discuss how blockchain’s potential use as a
convenient system for record keeping could lead to more government
documents, historical records, and other pieces of information
migrating to such a system. They and their contributors also
examine its possible consequences for academic, public, school, and
special libraries, as well as the information professionals who
sustain those institutions, making this book a valuable primer for
everyone interested in the future of librarianship.
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