Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Miguel A. Figueroa

Introduction: An Investigation of Blockchain Applications: Beginnings and Implications by Sandra Hirsh and Susan Alman

Understanding Blockchain

From Medieval Origins to Modern Applications

CHRISTINA CORNEJO and STACEY JOHNSON

Blockchain and Decentralization: Big-Picture Opportunities and Risks

JASON GRIFFEY

Blockchain: Merits, Issues, and Challenges

BOHYUN KIM

Before the Hype

Standards

TODD A. CARPENTER

Legal Considerations

DAN BLACKABY

Security

TONIA SAN NICOLAS-ROCCA

Healthy Skepticism

TOBY GREENWALT

For the Future: Speculative Applications

Support for Scholarship and Scholarly Communications

MacKENZIE SMITH

Credentialing and Continuing Education

HEATHER McMORROW and AMY JIANG

Distributed Access to Library Metadata

TIMOTHY A. THOMPSON

Data Collection and Assessment

ANNIE NORMAN

Lessons from Health Information Management

VICTORIA LEMIEUX

Electronic Health Records

FRANK CERVONE

Born-Digital and Digital-First Content

JOHN BRACKEN and MICHAEL DELLA BITTA

Community-Based Collections

M. RYAN HESS

For the Present

Blockchain Education for Communities

LINK SWANSON

Conclusion

Selected Resources

About the Editors