...Akinade Adebowale Adewojo Purpose This study explored the role of blockchain technology in securing and authenticating digital records by synthesizing the perspectives of information technology (IT) specialists and records managers. The purpose of this study is to understand how blockchain can...

...Thomas Sødring; Petter Reinholdtsen; Svein Ølnes Purpose This paper aims to examine the role blockchain can play for record-keeping by exploring what information from a record-keeping system it is possible to publish to a blockchain. A credible approach is presented, followed by a discussion...

...Victoria L. Lemieux; Chris Rowell; Marc-David L. Seidel; Carson C. Woo Purpose Distributed trust technologies, such as blockchain, propose to permit peer-to-peer transactions without trusted third parties. Yet not all implementations of such technologies fully decentralize. Information...

... records. The purpose of this paper is to outline the technical aspects of blockchain and describe potential records management and archival implications of the technology. The implications to consider include data management, records existing on a blockchain and records disposition. Design/methodology...

... of the technologies used for digital signatures are combined with the archival requirements to design a new model. Findings The paper proposes a new model of a blockchain-based system, which can be combined with any digital archive to assist the process of long-term preservation of digitally signed records...

...Patricia C. Franks Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assist records managers and information governance professionals to understand the challenges presented by their organization’s use of blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT). Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature...

...Darra Hofman; Victoria Louise Lemieux; Alysha Joo; Danielle Alves Batista Purpose This paper aims to explore a paradoxical situation, asking whether it is possible to reconcile the immutable ledger known as blockchain with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR...

...Victoria Louise Lemieux Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the value of Blockchain technology as a solution to creating and preserving trustworthy digital records, presenting some of the limitations, risks and opportunities of the approach. Design/methodology/approach...