Just because something needs to get done doesn’t mean that it will. I have learned this in many contexts, most recently in writing about the pharmaceutical industry. They come up as a good candidate to use Blockchain as a way of stopping counterfeiting. By all accounts, they continue to sit on their hands. While there are profound losses coupled with compromised safety, it’s not a priority, […]
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For libraries, Blockchain represents the opportunity to build their own networks. Beyond being independent of such entities as OCLC, libraries will be able to redefine relationships with patrons. The lessons of the past show how this opportunity can either define the future or be passed by. Here are the three main lessons from the past of Bibframe, Word and Linux. Agreement to act is necessary. Bibframe […]
Le Central in San Francisco has kept the same stew going for over 40 years. A perpetual stew or soup is something from the era before refrigeration, constantly kept warm, never completely emptied and with new ingredients added to fill the pot. So it is with the Linux kernel. It was released in 1991. Since then, there has always been something new. It mixes with the old […]