Leveraging Blockchain for Future-Ready Libraries

KR Senthilkumar (Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, India), R. Jagajeevan (Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, India), and G. Krishnakumar (Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology, India)

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ISBN13: 9798369377833

ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369377871

EISBN13: 9798369377840

DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7783-3

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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 is 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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