Abstract
Informatization of archival institutions is one of the priority directions of development of archivalbusiness in Kazakhstan. The most important problems of this process are the introduction of informationtechnologies in the archival industry, the automation of the scientific References apparatus, open accessto information, and the creation of archives of electronic documents. It is the study of foreign experiencein the field of informatization that can give a positive effect in determining the most rational methods andways of development for the domestic archival industry. Currently, many archives around the world usethe ability to present archived documents to users in electronic form. Some experience in this field hasbeen accumulated abroad. Of great interest is the experience of the countries of the near and far abroadthat have achieved significant results in the informatization of the archival industry on the example of theRepublic of Belarus, China and Korea, which gives an overall picture of informatization on a global scale.