Abstract
The chapter presents the most important objectives of European Union for implementing digital transformation and develo** citizens digital skills, in fact „digital culture for everybody”. In this context, there are analyzed the most representative cultural institutions such as libraries, museums, theaters and presents their main actions to keep the balance between traditional life and digital environment. The chapter pay more attention to the public libraries and theirs roll in develo** the citizen digital skills, beside their main objective as cultural knowledge hub. The work is focused on the Romanian case where the need of digital skills is very different from a group of citizens to others. It is described the Romanian public library system and concrete initiatives at the national level, having as principal objective the transformation of the libraries in the digital cultural hub for citizen digital skills improving. There are also analyzed the needs of citizens and the type of courses (curricula) which could help them to improve their digital skills. The chapter describe too, the opportunities and difficulties from the libraries point of view to reach such tasks. It is taken into consideration the level of digital development of ICT private sector and the universities capabilities in order to help libraries and librarians to bring the courses for develo** citizen digital skills. The conclusions underline the need of a social pact at the national level for improvement the citizens digital skills.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Indicele economiei și societății digitale (DESI). Indicele economiei și societății digitale (DESI) | Sha** Europe’s digital future (europa.eu)
Libraries Can Drive Progress Across The Entire Un 2030 Agenda. https://repository.ifla.org/bitstream/123456789/246/1/sdgs-insert.pdf
Schwertner, K.: Digital transformation of business. Trakia J. Sci. 15(1), 388–393 (2017). https://doi.org/10.15547/tjs.2017.s.01.065
Rogers, D.L.: The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink your business for the digital age. Columbia University Press (2016)
Caputo, A., Pizzi, S., Pellegrini, M.M., Dabić, M.: Digitalization and business models: where are we going? A science map of the field. J. Bus. Res. 123, 489–501 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.053
Zaki, M.: Digital transformation: harnessing digital technologies for the next generation of services. J. Serv. Mark. 33(4), 429–435 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-01-2019-0034
Knowledge Matters strategy (PDF). https://www.bl.uk/about-us/britishlibrary/~/media/91164802316f4dc1ab9c0952d0f19ceb.ashx
Press release British Museum sets out plans to digitise fully the collection. British Museum sets out plans to digitise fully the collection
Victoria Grace Walden. The Memorial Museum in the Digital Age. ISBN: 978-1-7395820-0-5 (PDF), Reframe Books, 2022. The Memorial Museum in the Digital Age—REFRAME (sussex.ac.uk)
The FY2019–2023 Digital Strategic Plan of the Library of Congress, Version 1.1.2; April 26, 2019. Library-of-Congress-Digital-Strategy-v1.1.2.pdf (loc.gov)
Wirtz, J., Menkhoff, T.: Case study: National Library Board Singapore: Delivering costeffective service excellence through innovation and people. Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy 9, 589 (2021). https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6817
NLB’s 2024 Year in Preview—Innovative Services and New Experiences For All. NLB’s 2024 Year in Preview—Innovative Services and New Experiences For All
Banciu, D., Ivașcu, L., Ardelean, B.O., Fodorean, D.: București, Editura Tehnbică, Educația prin e-learning, 245 p (2020)
Hampu, V.: Efectele participării la activitățile culturale asupra calității vieții și a bunăstării sociale. Barometrul de consum cultural 2022, pp. 47–63
Institutul Național pentru Cercetare și Formare Culturală (INCFC). Barometrul de consum cultural 2022. Participare culturală și perspective democratice, Bucuresti, Editura Universul Academic, p. 112 (2023)
PNRR—INVESTIȚIA I17. Scheme de finanțare pentru biblioteci pentru a deveni hub-uri de dezvoltare a competențelor digitale—COMPONENTA 7. Transformarea digital. https://oipsi.gov.ro/pnrr-investitia-i17-scheme-de-finantare-pentru-biblioteci-pentru-a-deveni-hub-uri-de-dezvoltare-a-competentelor-digitale-componenta-7-transformarea-digitala/
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Banciu, D. (2024). The Role of the Culture Institution on Digital Transformation of Society. In: Cioca, LI., Ivascu, L., Filip, F.G., Doina, B. (eds) Digital Transformation. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55952-5_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55952-5_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-55951-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-55952-5
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)