Digitalna transformacija u arhivskoj djelatnosti Bosne i Hercegovine – potreba za edukacijom i strategijom

The phrase “digital transformation” has been increasingly used and is a new concept that will be necessary to implement to harmonize practices with the European path of societal development. Certainly, cultural institutions and cultural policies responsible for cultural heritage will be included in this process. This paper will cover archival activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and certain digitalization and digital transformation issues. Archival institutions are aware of the need to digitize archival material as their main resource, and certain activities are already being undertaken to implement digitalization. However, in parallel with the digitalization of archival material as cultural heritage, a process of digital transformation must take place for the digital heritage resource to be properly used in the development of the local cultural and creative industry and to make this resource visible on the European cultural market. Our archives must follow European trends in digital transformation, and education and a strategic approach to the problem are necessary to overcome it more easily. In the text, the author provides possible guidelines for a positive step forward in the mentioned issue.