{"id":4812,"date":"2018-01-10T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2018-02-15T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T16:09:23","slug":"blockchain-and-libraries-at-ifla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/blockchain-and-libraries-at-ifla\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain and libraries at IFLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>This is definitely a topic of interest with the international library community. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (<a href=\"http:\/\/trends.ifla.org\/node\/428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/trends.ifla.org\/node\/428&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515686137642000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBmcUMt0k067PqJoD_s6aOd5VxDg\">trends.ifla.org\/node\/428<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trends.ifla.org\/node\/429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/trends.ifla.org\/node\/429&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515686137642000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEEmH-dOZoaLPZsRIo1dSg4lOS4Q\">trends.ifla.org\/node\/429<\/a>) have been identified and reported on as emerging issues in the IFLA Trend Report 2016. The IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters has also prepared a &#8220;Books in Blockchain&#8221; briefing on the topic in 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/nximQX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/goo.gl\/nximQX&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515686137642000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhXI2-Dg9PEgTY6ITcuALFs0rCIg\">goo.gl\/nximQX<\/a>).\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The Manager, Policy and Advocacy at IFLA and I are now planning for a flash session on blockchain at WLIC2018 in August in Malaysia.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>There are several angles\/questions we are considering including:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0If people can access works individually over the blockchain, does this put the work of libraries into question?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0How can we ensure that exceptions and limitations to copyright are protected when works are accessed over blockchain (and can we over-ride them if needs be)?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What impact will there be on traditional rights management systems?<\/li>\n<li>Can blockchain help build trust in the academic system, notably in the authenticity of a transcript, particular dataset, copy of an article or monograph (digital science, scholarly publishing)?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Broader applications for the economic and financial sectors, NGOs, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>At this point, there are more questions than answers but blockchain is a disruptive technology with major potential and implications for libraries, research, and publishing. We look forward to further engagement and discussions at your Library 2.0 Conference and National Forum.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>May Chang, Library CTO, University of Cincinnati; Chair, IT Section, IFLA<\/div>\n<div>Stephen Wyber, Manager, Policy and Advocacy, IFLA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is definitely a topic of interest with the international library community. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (trends.ifla.org\/node\/428;\u00a0trends.ifla.org\/node\/429) have been identified and reported on as emerging issues in the IFLA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[28,25,26,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-4812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blockchain","7":"category-professional-views","8":"tag-distributed-ledger-technology","9":"tag-ifla","10":"tag-may-chang","11":"tag-stephen-wyber","12":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4813,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions\/4813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}