Archive and its services in the metaverse era and its techniques: prospective study

    This research aims to produce a future idea capable of bringing about development in the field of archival services. Presenting the traditional archival services and their technical components through a digital strategic vision that guarantees their effectiveness in the metaversal environment. With a presentation of the most prominent metaverse techniques and how to employ them in archival services, In order to achieve integration between archival services and metaverse technologies, which qualifies it to achieve sustainable archival development and build a metaverse digital archive, Explaining its features, objectives, characteristics, requirements, functions, and most important benefits, Based on the international standards for the development of the metaversal environment, And using the descriptive analytical method, which resulted in a set of results, most notably: Institutional weakness in keeping pace with modern technologies physical hardware, humanly and financially; the occurrence of a digital divide, and based on these results;  The search found A set of recommendations, the most important of which are: digital skills development;  Digitization of documentary materials for easy retrieval and provide a good budget funds.