« The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Max Planck Decentralized Science Initiative “DeSci Connect”. DeSci Connect aims to transform scientific collaboration by embracing principles of openness, transparency, and democratization. Through the integration of Web3 technologies, the initiative fosters secure, transparent, and accountable data…
« The Library and Information Science (LIS) community has started discussing some possible uses of Blockchain (BC) technologies in solving library-related problems and increasing the overall efficiency of libraries. This study aimed to systematically collect and review the relevant literature to comprehend the scope of BC for libraries, its benefits, as…
« Every item (papers, article, etc.) in RePEc is identified by a unique and persistent handle, and has been for 25 years. Still, there is constant demand for additional persistent identifiers, see for example the introduction of the DOI. Yet, none of those identifiers clearly indicate who the owner of that…
« The German federal government refers to the bloxberg-initiative of the Max Planck Society in their recently published strategy paper on blockchain. Here, bloxberg is mentioned as an example of how the blockchain technology can be used and applied in science. (…) »
« Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) initiates global research project
Securing scientific information online and worldwide with no risk of manipulation: what almost sounds like magic is now possible – thanks to the latest technologies and logical organization with the help of the decentralized blockchain infrastructure “bloxberg”. (…) »
« (…) La conférence, articulée autour d’échanges multipartites, institutionnels, entrepreneuriaux et scientifiques, permettra des discussions interdisciplinaires entre chercheurs et praticiens de l’informatique, des sciences humaines et sociales, de l’économie et du droit. Un accent particulier sera mis sur les cas de pratiques en donnant la parole aux porteurs de projets blockchain…
« Quel est l’impact de la blockchain pour les bibliothèques ? Comment les bibliothécaires peuvent-ils s’emparer de cette technologie de rupture ? L’American Libraries Magazine a récemment publié une interview consacrée à la blockchain. Parmi les personnes interrogées, on retrouve Ryan Hess, bibliothécaire en charge de l’innovation numérique à la bibliothèque…
« The Max Planck Digital Library is pleased to announce the new research project bloxberg: the first trusted research infrastructure
Twelve exclusively selected leading research organizations from ten different countries came together to form the global Blockchain Consortium for Science – bloxberg
(…) The bloxberg infrastructure is a secure global blockchain…
« The project for a Shared Infrastructure on Transparent and Transportable Peer Review was started in March 2018, by Digital Science, SpringerNature, Cambridge University Press and Taylor&Francis, supported by ORCID and Katalysis. The project aims to develop a shared infrastructure for sharing peer review information, enabled by blockchain technology, with the…
« Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin and offers a peer-2-peer network for Trust that potentially can disintermediate traditional brokering authorities like banks, notaries, perhaps even publishers ?
In this first complimentary online seminar in the ICSTI 2018 Webinar series, we will share an in-depth look at the opportunities and potential changes…
