المملكة: “Archive Conference” confirms the importance of preserving documents in promoting awareness of the national heritage

The work of the first day of the “Archive in the Digital Age” conference, which is currently organized by the National Documentation Center in Riyadh, witnessed scientific sessions in which a number of academics, scholars and interested people participated, during which they reviewed many studies and research that dealt with solutions and experiences of various local and international parties.
They also stressed the importance of such conferences that would contribute to the development of archiving centers and their association with digitization, and work to preserve national documents because of their role in promoting societal awareness of the cultural and social heritage of homelands.

Computer archiving science

The participants touched on the science of computer archiving aimed at integration between the field of archiving and technology to serve the archive, documents and records, and this includes on top of work, through academic programs, reviews of practices and the extent of these programs with the requirements of the labor market.

They also discussed the solutions provided by cloud computing technology in the service of archive and the preservation of documents, and the ease of access through data centers to store and save documents and archives in digital space.

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Archive Management

Participants also reviewed artificial intelligence applications in archive management, experimenting and practices in the field of artificial intelligence applications in Archive Management.
This includes the use of artificial intelligence capabilities to regulate the flow of archive work and its use to access information and block chains technology in managing documents and archives.
It is noteworthy that the archive conference in the digital era seeks to bring together experts and specialists in the areas of archiving, archives, computer technologies and artificial intelligence, to highlight the best practices and ways to activate technologies and intelligence to save documents and archive archives.