Opinion mining towards blockchain technology adoption for accessing digital library resources

Abstract

PurposeBlockchain technology is a distributed and decentralized public digital ledger, which is employed to save dynamic transaction data and static records across several computers so that each record could not be modified retroactively without the collusion of the network and alteration of all subsequent blocks. Recently, it has become immensely popular in digital resource sharing in different research areas such as healthcare, smart cities, cryptocurrency and libraries. Since the current eLibrary systems are vulnerable to issues such as unauthorized access, plagiarism, etc., there is a lack of access control system that can efficiently address these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe authors designed a conceptual model for evaluating the users' intention in the use of blockchain-based digital libraries, which can facilitate the resource organization and provide additional security to interactive processes between users. To conduct our survey, the authors devised and shared two versions, English and Chinese, among 298 participants. Moreover, 7 PhD students participated in the pre-testing of the questioner design. The authors analyzed the demographic data using the Jamovi software and SmartPLS in order to generate the path modeling.FindingsThis study revealed that blockchain technology adaption in eLibraries is essential for enhancing the quality of services, infrastructure and resources for libraries. The study’s results show that optimism, informativeness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude and intention to use blockchain technology for accessing digital resources in libraries.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the adoption of blockchain technology in the digital library. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work is the first empirical attempt to provide a new perspective of developing digital libraries based on security policies. This model shows the underpinning knowledge to manage digital resources, which can facilitate the design phases and enhance the management costs in eLibraries.

Factors affecting the adoption of integrated semantic digital libraries (SDLs): a systematic review

“…Development of repositories, storage of educational materials, smart library services, digital resource sharing, and rapid location of resources within a taxonomic structure provided perceived usefulness to the library professionals to revamp library services through the adoption of semantic technologies (Garcia et al. , 2017; Fox, 2006; Khan et al ., 2022).…”

“…Sharing of the material, collaborative research groups, saving of time, change of paradigm in resource sharing, and provision of relevant information attracted information professionals towards the implementation of SDLs (Burke, 2009;Khan and Bhatti, 2018;Saarti and Touminen, 2021). Development of repositories, storage of educational materials, smart library services, digital resource sharing, and rapid location of resources within a taxonomic structure provided perceived usefulness to the library professionals to revamp library services through the adoption of semantic technologies (Garcia et al, 2017;Fox, 2006;Khan et al, 2022). SDLs provided controlled access to clients according to their credentials (Dasgupta et al, 2015); information access tools are provided to the end-users (Mehta, 2021); documents are preserved efficiently (Lee, 2011); the interaction is done with a larger set of users (Morato et al, 2013).…”

“…Integration of technological semantic and social institutions could refine resource discovery, improve precision and enable the user to locate information efficiently (Pandey and Panda, 2015). Cloud computing, documented policies, proactive role of academic librarians, centralized eco-system, quality library system, technical support and a user-centric approach should be followed in SDLs Solomou and Koutsomitropoulos (2015), Nejad et al (2020), Saarti and Touminen (2021), Khan et al (2022), Khezri et al (2022), Shibambu and Marutha (2022).…”

Access, organize and communicate: the strategic use of browser plugins in libraries

“…A lot of studies were conducted to see the user perception of the adoption of newer technologies, and attention was also given to areas where implementation of technology seems plausible. Meanwhile, the possibility of introducing blockchain technology in libraries has also been explored (Khan et al , 2022; Tella, 2022). Furthermore, the application of brand new technologies in libraries like the Internet of Things (IoT) (Xie et al , 2020; Igbinovia, 2021) and big data analytics (BDA) (Islam et al , 2021) were also examined.…”

“…However, investigations relating to blockchain, IoT, BDA, etc. were especially centered around exploring the understanding of librarians about these new tools, their intention to use and the skills and competencies of librarians in implementation (Khan et al , 2022; Ahmad et al , 2020).…”