Dear All, FYI. Maybe of interest to some of you. Regards, S M Pujar Chief Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai ========== ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: LIBLICENSE Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 6:46 AM Subject: Blockchain & Decentralization for the Information Industries MOOC To: From: Jason Griffey Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:19 PM Of interest to some portion of the list: I, along with San Jose State University iSchool has developed an online MOOC entitled “Blockchain & Decentralization for the Information Industries”. Running for 6 weeks, and being provided online freely for participants, the course is designed to introduce the technological concepts around blockchain-based and other decentralized systems and examine how they could be used in libraries, museums, archives, publishing, and other portions of the information ecosystem. The course starts March 11 and runs through Apr 21, and registration is now open: https://www.canvas.net/browse/sjsu/courses/blockchain-decentralization The weekly breakdown looks like this: Week 1 - March 11-17 - Overview and History of Blockchain Week 2 - March 18-24 - Issues, Considerations, Problems Week 3 - March 25-31 - Decentralization Week 4 - April 1-7 - Systems & Services Week 5 - April 8-14 - Use Cases – Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, Museums, Archives Week 6 - April 15-21 - Future Directions & Next Steps Please share far and wide, to any group that might be interested. No prior knowledge of the tech is necessary, just a desire to read and learn about it. I’ll see everyone there! Jason Griffey Affiliate MetaLab at Harvard University -- Jason Griffey http://jasongriffey.net