Digital Transformation of
Organizations
New Work Culture and the Social Intranet
Dr. Jens Mittelbach, SLUB Dresden

Digital
Transformation
of Society
๏ Digitalization affects
private space and should
equally affect work spaces
๏ Cultural heritage
institutions should be
drivers of digitalization
๏ Digitalization is happening
— with or without us
Dr. Jens Mittelbach, SLUB Dresden | CC BY-SA 4.0 2/7

Creation of a
Digital Social
Space
๏ Intranets arise from the
need of effective
communication channels
๏ Disruptive technology
tends to create new forms
of expression
๏ Disruption results in
change
Dr. Jens Mittelbach, SLUB Dresden | CC BY-SA 4.0 3/7

Social
Interaction and
the New Work
Culture
๏ Multi-way communication enables
participation
๏ Sense of responsibility heightens
๏ Curiosity to explore the
possibilities of infrastructure
develops
๏ New work culture begins to
establish
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Grassroots vs.
Top-down
๏ Grassroots activities can
introduce new ideas
๏ For ideas to take root it
needs the commitment of
the top management
๏ Tools do not turn
communities, people do
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The New
Paradigm
Openness
๏ Support of an Open Science
culture is a strategic goal of
the SLUB Dresden
๏ Organizational openness is
the cradle of an open
mentality
๏ Digitalization is
infrastructural groundwork on
which an open culture will
thrive
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Image Sources
๏ Page 2: J. Mittelbach, 3D reconstruction of the “Hellhaus” at
Moritzburg, CC BY 4.0.
๏ Page 3: geralt, Kontinente, Sterne, Netzwerke, CC0 auf
pixabay.
๏ Page 4: Office Laptop Paper Achievement Computer Business,
CC0 auf Max Pixel.
๏ Page 5: L. van der Vaart et al., The range of “Opens”, CC BY-SA
3.0.
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