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Document Preparation for Electronic Document Management System

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Mohamad Azri Mohamad Radzi, Saiful Farik Mat Yatin, Nurul Azira Najihah Mohd Fadzil, Syed Hamzah Jamallulail Syed Abdul Aziz

Pages 179-190 Received: 17 Jul, 2018 Revised: 23 Aug, 2018 Published Online: 13 Oct, 2018

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v8-i9/4583
This article discusses the topic of document preparation for archival institution or records repositories before the materials been digitize. Document preparation is a process that came across before the scanning process. Topics include types of document that are collected for digitizing, criteria that makes the documents collected for digitization, steps of document preparation for before the digitizing process, during the process and post document preparation. The methods used benefits and the challenges of preparing document for digitization are also included in the article. Recommendations also been proposed to propose new ideas and advice on the topic discussed. This article devotes readers into understanding more about the importance of document preparation process in digitization project implementation in organization.
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In-Text Citation: (Radzi, Yatin, Fadzil, & Aziz, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Radzi, M. A. M., Yatin, S. F. M., Fadzil, N. A. N. M., & Aziz, S. H. J. S. A. (2018). Document Preparation for Electronic Document Management System. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(9), 179–190.