The library aims at preserving evidence of the past, creating, classifying and systemizing digital copies of cultural and historical objects as well. The purpose of the article is to present the model of the digital archive of scanned documents organized by Gomel regional universal library. The archive of electronic images of documents is proposed to be organized in accordance with the concept of the State archival institution, and digital copies are to be museumized; the description of such documents should contain symbols indicating its digital nature. The proposed model of the digital archive can become the tool for accounting and storing documents, the search system, oriented toward satisfaction of specialists’ information requests and the possible platform model for to create the regional repository of the historical and cultural heritage.