Electronic Documents

Theoretical Study in its Electronic Form

Abstract

The study aims to identify the concept, essence, types, and
characteristics of electronic documents with clarification of the
difference between paper documents and electronic documents. Also,
it studies the basic principles of electronic document management and
clarifies the requirements of electronic document management. The
descriptive approach was utilized to achieve the research goals. The
findings revealed that there is a deficiency in many archival
institutions, especially in the process of conversion of its paper
archives to electronic archiving. Besides, the study concluded that
there are no written plans for the electronic document management
system in most of the various institutions and administrations. Finally,
the study recommends hiring specialist employees in electronic
archives and inserts what is called electronic archive in the
organizational structure of all archival institutions.