Leveraging Blockchain for Future-Ready Libraries

Leveraging Blockchain for Future-Ready Libraries

K.R. Senthilkumar, R. Jagajeevan, G. Krishnakumar
Projected Release Date: October, 2024|Copyright: © 2025 |Pages: 400
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7783-3
ISBN13: 9798369377833|ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369377871|EISBN13: 9798369377840
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Description:

Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way libraries manage, secure, and share information in the digital age. With its potential to enhance cataloging systems, improve data integrity, and ensure transparent transactions, blockchain offers innovative solutions to the challenges faced by modern library networks. By exploring these advancements, this book provides a thorough analysis of how blockchain can transform information management, bringing efficiency and security to the forefront of library operations.

Leveraging Blockchain for Future-Ready Libraries offers readers an in-depth look at the practical applications of blockchain in the library world, backed by real-world case studies of successful implementations. The book highlights both the benefits and challenges of adopting this technology, offering valuable insights for librarians, IT professionals, library science students, and academics interested in the evolving intersection of blockchain and information management.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Blockchain
  • Book Bank Systems
  • Bug Prediction
  • Collaborative Networks
  • Data Security and Preservation
  • Index Codes
  • Library Finance
  • Privacy
  • Scalability
  • Smart Libraries
  • Surveillance
  • Sustainability
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K. R. Senthilkumar working as a Librarian in Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore. His most notable contributions to the field of E- Library and the Development of Library Web page. His research interests span both bibliometrics and Web 2.0. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of Information systems, mainly through the application of E- Library, Survey, and Compare evaluation. In the Information Science arena, he has worked on TN Public Online Library . He has explored the presence and implications of self-similarity and heavy-tailed distributions in Open Source Journals. He has also investigated the implications of Web workloads for the design of scalable and no cost-effective Web Pages. In addition, he has made numerous contributions to research papers like Journals, Conference and Book Chapters.

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