Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of standardization in the field of archival affairs and record keeping in the conditions of development of the world information space and digitalization of society. The aim of the article is to study the current national archival legislation, national standards in the field of archives and record keeping and identify the state and problems of harmonization of international standards in Ukraine in the development of global information space and digitalization of society. Methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study are the works of leading domestic and foreign scholars on harmonization and standardization in the field of archives and record keeping, legislation and regulations governing activities in this area. In the process of research general scientific and special legal methods of cognition were used. Among the general scientific methods used is the dialectical method, which is revealed using the methods of analysis and synthesis, ascent from simple to complex, from abstract to concrete, abstraction, idealization and formalization. Results. In recent years, Ukraine has followed international and European standardization rulesand procedures, as well as the direct implementation of international standards. At the sametime, the current state of standardization in the field of archives and record keeping in the contextof informatization and digitalization of society can be described as one that lags far behind theinternational. A number of standards in the field of archiving and record keeping are analyzed.As a result of research of theoretical and organizational-practical principles of harmonizationand standardization in the field of archives and record keeping in Ukraine, a number of problemsrelated to financial problems, low level of information-analytical and organizational support ofstandardization process, etc. It is concluded that the harmonization of international standards inthe field of archives and record keeping in Ukraine largely depends on optimizing the structure ofstate archives of Ukraine and, accordingly, their activities, which will increase the efficiency ofthe archival industry as a whole.Prospects for further research will be aimed at further studying the international experienceof standardization in the field of archives and record keeping, harmonization of internationalstandards into national practice, which will help increase the effectiveness of archival practice.

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