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The Deputy for Coordination of Mental Revolution for Cultural Advancement and Improvement of Sports Achievement at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK), Didik Suhardi (left) ; Head of the National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando (rigth) - 

The Industrial Revolution 4.0 has a main characteristic, namely combining communication and information technology in the industrial sector. The emergence of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has caused very rapid changes in various sectors of life and has an impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of the performance process.

4.0 is closely related to literacy, digital transformation, and disruption of the labor market which are interrelated and influence each other. The Industrial Revolution 4.0 emphasizes the speed and breadth of the network.

Based on research conducted by the World Economic Forum (2020) it is stated that 60 percent of jobs in the world will use automation and as much as 30 percent of jobs previously done by humans will be replaced by machines with massive use of advanced technology.

In 2022, it is predicted that there will be 26 million new jobs created in the MSME sector with the rise of e-commerce. This condition is increasingly disrupted due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, where in the last two years people have been indirectly forced to make lifestyle changes quickly.

To facilitate the community in these two types of basic and important skills, the library implements library transformation as a solution to the limited budget and the very wide gap in access to reading material information.

Head of the National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando said the urgency of the transformation was related to building a national digital ecosystem. One of them is building a network.

“We collect information that is scattered in the community. Because all over the world, this is the job of the librarian. Then it is disseminated and repackaged in the form of finished information, making it easier for users to use it," he explained in a talk show on Antara TV in collaboration with the Center for Library Analysis and Development of the National Library of Indonesia with the theme "Library Transformation Creates a National Digital Ecosystem", Tuesday, ( 19/4/2022).

Syarif said that throughout 2022, the National Library of Indonesia is targeting a minimum of one million content creators to appear on the National Library's Youtube channel by using the National Library as an information center. "So we don't create special applications, but focus on building networks," he said.

On the other hand, the Deputy for Coordination of Mental Revolution for Cultural Advancement and Improvement of Sports Achievement at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK), Didik Suhardi, emphasized that transformation is a must.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Tuesday (19/04/22), the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture has the task of building people and culture so that they become great people in welcoming Indonesia Golden 2045.

“We have a human development cycle, namely the cycle of a thousand days of life, the cycle of early childhood, the school cycle, the college cycle, the cycle of productive age and the cycle of elderly," he explained.

These six cycles must be properly intervened. Must be able to guarantee the six human cycles are carried out to the fullest. And literacy is a connecting part that must be done in these six cycles of human development. Of course, the library becomes a reference for all literacy, so it must carry out the transformation in line with the development of information and technology.

“Currently, the era of industry 4.o is marked by critical thinking skills, communication skills, collaboration and artificial intelligence. It must be balanced with the ability of the library so that it can transform. So, it can be accessed all over the world,” he explained.

"Some time ago we held a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology, National Library and other ministries including the Ministry of Villages (Kemendes), because there are village funds so they have great potential. So that the library as an entry point for literacy will be even greater," he said//VOI