Requirements of Digital Archiving in Saudi Libraries in the Light of International Standards: King Fahad National Library as a Model

Abstract

This research aimed to measure the availability of digital requirements needed for digital archiving of King Fahad National Library in the light of international standards from the perspective of information specialists, determine the differences in their responses on the compatibility of these requirements with international standards due to (academic qualification, years of experience, and training courses) variables, identify the challenges, and make suggestions for providing those requirements. The researcher adopted the descriptive approach and applied a questionnaire to a sample of information specialists at King Fahad National Library. The results revealed that the participants had an intermediate agreement on the availability of digital requirements for digital archiving of the King Fahd National Library in the light of international standards. There were no statistically significant differences in the participants’ responses according to (academic qualification, years of experience, and training courses) variables. Moreover, the participants had a high agreement on the challenges and suggestions for providing those requirements. This research recommends holding training courses and workshops for information specialists in King Fahd National Library to determine and resolve the challenges they face in the digital age while carrying out the digital archiving of documents to comply with international standards for document management and digitization.

Keywords

• digital requirements
• digital archiving
• saudi libraries
• international standards
• king fahad national library