The Digital Transformation of the Libraries Toward a Digital Knowledge Hub

The chapter presents the main objectives regarding digital transformation in European Commission documents. The work described initiatives of an international body regarding the libraries. The work analyzed the tendencies and their impact on libraries activity. It is also described the policy and strategy adopted by same large libraries all over the word. A large part is dedicated to the libraries as knowledge hubs for improving the digital skills of citizen. The chapter touches the main subject of digital transformation from the library management perspective and citizen behavior as library users. The work presents a schema of the documents and data flux in library, digital product and services for users, all of them of digital transformation point of view. A special attention is paid to the data protection and cyber security for library data collection and for citizen privacy also. The work shows a schema model of digital library transformation. The work conclusions try to demonstrate that libraries play a very important role in the digital transformation of entire society with direct effect on the economy developing.