The Paradigm of the Digital Transformation of the Institutions Owner of Archival Patrimony. Case Study: The National Archives of Romania
The Paradigm of the Digital Transformation of the Institutions Owner of Archival Patrimony. Case Study: The National Archives of Romania

Summary/Abstract: The development of the human society and the technological progress recorded during the latest quarter of century in particular have determined a new dynamic of the contemporary life and the appearance of modern principles of interaction between people and public institutions. In 2011, the National Archives, as a unique forum of regulation and control in the field of the national archival patrimony accounts and management in Romania, started a multiple stage plan to make the services - offered to citizens, researchers and other institutions - more efficient, a plan made of broad spectrum projects developed so far: “Integrated IT System for the Management of the Services Offered by the National Archives of Romania to its Beneficiaries”, “Consolidation of the National Archives of Romania Capacity to Supply Public Services (eVITALA)” etc., or in the field specific to document digitalization: „The Digitization of the Medieval Documents in the National Archives of Romania”. The study represents an analysis of the European and national context in terms of digitalization and of the significant factors in the process of preparation and implementation of these projects which have led to a series of expected results (total or partial) to the benefit of the public interested therein and, to a large extent, of the civil servants managing the documentary fund, but also to becoming aware of the shortcomings these systems are faced with and for which solutions haven’t yet been found or are still being looked for.

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