Abstract
Ever-growing digital services determine libraries to update almost all of their activities. Traditional library services must be transformed into electronic libraries, and library specialists must always be prepared for advanced digital services to come. Thus, libraries in the digital era must offer digital deposit services, digitisation services, research data management, metadata creation, digital cataloguing and conserving, and counselling in what regards digital copyrights, informational alphabetising. In this article, the emphasis falls on the necessity of developing and transforming libraries, bringing awareness to their role and their importance for society and at an individual level.
Highlights
Introduction and literature reviewIn the UN agenda for 2030, the access to information has been the aim of the Goal 16 for sustainable development (Goal 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements)
− Libraries give chances for everyone − Libraries help people in their own development − Libraries offer access to knowledges of the world − Libraries offer expertise − Libraries are part of the society − Libraries need to be recognized as development politics
Academic libraries, which are attached to a higher education institution, and serve to support the research curriculum of the faculty and students (Bates and Maack, 2010), have undergone various transformations
Summary
In the UN agenda for 2030, the access to information has been the aim of the Goal 16 for sustainable development (Goal 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements). Academic libraries, which are attached to a higher education institution, and serve to support the research curriculum of the faculty and students (Bates and Maack, 2010), have undergone various transformations. Their current concern is mainly focused on providing access to information and digital resources, virtual reference services and research services [4]. & Akakandelwa, A. researched academic libraries all over the world, they claimed that major and notable developments in academic libraries include scientific online communication, mobile technologies, the application of social mediation, digital preservation and preservation.In order to fit into this new informational landscape, academic librarians must take on new roles, develop new skills and competencies[8]. In addition to the amount of electronic data, it has become very important to preserve them, so they can be consulted over the years without losing parts of the original creation
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