International Cooperation of Canadian Archival Institutions in the Field of Archival Digital Resources

The article is devoted to the history of cooperation of international organizations in the field of archival digital resources, in particular the development of international standards of archival description. The contribution of Canadian archivists to the development of this modern archival direction is determined. The role of UNESCO in issues arising in the activities of the library and the archives of the information society, in particular the creation and distribution of free software products for the organization of information systems and databases, digital copying and electronic statistics, has been explored. It was noted that the international archival community, in particular the archival institutions of Canada, has undergone a significant way of standardizing archival descriptions, authoritative databases and digital resources. They took an active part in the creation and implementation of archival data standards initiated by the MPA, in particular ISAD (G), a universal international standard for archival descriptions; ISAAR (CPF), an international standard for creating authoritative archival documents for organizations, individuals and families, has developed and updated Canadian and Australian rules for archival descriptions. The main relevant standards for the creation of digital archival resources are: machine-readable cataloging (national differences), MODS (metadata object description scheme), METS (metadata coding and transfer standard), PREMIS (conservation metadata - implementation strategies), DCMI (Dublin) Initiative Basic metadata), which included the development of Canadian national institutions (including libraries). Although national standards in the process of harmonization were brought in line with international ones, they retained their specifics.