Library 2.0 Conference

 June 7, 2018

The June Library 2.018 conference, Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession,  included sessions that  focused on blockchain technology and the ways it can be used by libraries and information centers as a community anchor.   

Blockchain technology has the potential to enhance the role played by libraries within their communities, however, there are many questions yet to be answered about how specifically blockchain technology might be used and how much value it would add to library services and the communities they serve. The San José State University School of Information (iSchool) received an IMLS grant to investigate ways that blockchain technology can be used by libraries as a community anchor to partner with other organizations and to support city/community goals.

This online and participatory conference presented a unique opportunity to explore the possibilities of the ways that libraries and librarians can use blockchain technology in the future or are incorporating blockchain technology into their current practice. 

 

TIME

 

THEME

 

SPEAKERS

 

Noon – 12:30

 

EXPLANATION

 

Jason Griffey

 
           

12:30 – 1:30

 

ISSUES

     
   

Standards

 

NISO – Todd Carpenter

 
   

Legal

 

AALL – Dan Blackaby

 
   

Security

 

Tonia San Nicolas – Rocca

 
   

DPLA

 

John Bracken

 
           

1:30 – 2:30

 

APPLICATIONS

     
   

General Applications

 

Christina Cornejo and Stacey Johnson

 
   

Health Records

 

Frank Cervone

 
   

Records

 

Pat Franks

 
   

Metadata

 

Ravi Singh

 
   

Credentials

 

Amy Jiang and Heather McMorrow

 
   

Community Based Collections

 

Ryan Hess

 
   

Provenance

 

Eric Meyer

 
   

Verisart

 

Norton, Robert

 
   

Strategies for libraries to provide blockchain education, tools, and training

 

Swanson, Link

 

2:30 – 3:00

 

WRAP-UP

     
   

Pros/Concerns

 

Miguel Figueroa

 
       

Toby Greenwalt

 
       

Bohyun Kim