دور المؤسسات الأرشيفية العربية في تنظيم و إتاحة الوصول لمعارض الوثائق على الإنترنت

Abstract EN

Archival institutions create on their websites virtual exhibitions of their valuable documents through which the public learns about prominent glimpses of national history and social life of citizens.

the researcher seeks to explore the importance of virtual exhibitions of Arab archival institutions.

the study uses a content analysis method to analyze the characteristics of virtual exhibitions of archival documents.

the study reached several conclusions : these include a great variation between Arab archival institutions in the interest in virtual exhibitions, the forms, numbers and types of documents available in these exhibitions.

moreover, 50% of the archival institutions provide metadata in the search result with images of documents or text documents, and only 33.3% of them offer the possibility of zooming in, searching, downloading, and sharing documents and media in the online document gallery.

the study presented some suggestions to improve the virtual exhibitions presented by Arab archival institutions.

first, the policy of Arab archival institutions should include criteria for selecting documents to be displayed in the virtual exhibition.

second, the virtual exhibition should include metadata that clarifies what these documents are and the context of their creation and preservation.

third, the documents in virtual exhibitions should diversify to match the variety of users’ categories and their age.

fourth and finally, visitors should be surveyed regularly about the virtual exhibitions presented by the archives to check their satisfaction about the services offered.