• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.131-152
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• 2001

This paper is a preliminary one for the paper titled "A study on the present condition of preserving and managing public records in Korea and establishment of mid-long term policies about preserving and managing public records" supported by the Joint Research Support Project, 2000-2001 of Korea Research Foundation. This article reviews the present condition of preserving and managing public records at 189 domestic public organizations such as state organizations, companiies, the libraries of universities find colleges, etc., that is, this article researches the amount of public records, facilities and equipments for preserving records, computerization, plans for microfilming records of those organizations in search of a method to preserve and manage public records of Korea in a proper way. The review delivers a synthetic analysis with 7 items including a fact that there is a very small possibility to convert the public records produced and preserved in domestic public organizations into 'information recourses' or to utilize them as administrative or historical records. Tn conclusion, it argues that making a law on preserving and managing public records should be accompanied by posting special staff and budgeting for it And more conclusive remarks regarding 6 other items are made.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.113-135
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• 2023

This study explores the transfer of defunct school records (by preservation period, type, and place of transfer) in South Korea since the Public Records Management Act was enacted in 1999 and suggests improvements. Metropolitan and provincial offices of education, totaling 17, were asked to disclose information about the status of defunct school records. Since 1999, 1,411 schools nationwide have closed permanently, predominantly elementary schools, followed by high then middle schools. By preservation period, there were more records in the 1 to 10-year category than in the 30-year to permanent category. By record type, most were electronic records, followed by paper records, archival objects, and audiovisual records. By place of transfer, most nonelectronic records were transferred to integrated schools, and most electronic records were transferred to the Records Management System. In-depth interviews with 10 record managers from local education offices found that the management of defunct school records varies widely by region and institution because of the lack of specified manuals. Participants also reported difficulties in transferring web-based records, archival objects, and audiovisual records, as well as insufficient archival space and computer systems. This study also provides suggestions to improve the management of defunct school records, such as establishing specified manuals, creating a dedicated government department for managing defunct school records, deploying workforces, and improving computer systems.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.23-47
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• 2017

According to a recent survey, over 18,000 government information systems have numerous different functions and characteristics. Although every dataset that is created and maintained in government information systems is declared as a collection of records according to the Public Records Management Act, current electronic records management policies cannot cover dataset records management. This study suggests the policy directions for dataset records management at the national level. It emphasizes the necessity to preserve the appearance and behavior (function) of database systems to ensure the authenticity of dataset records. In addition, this study investigates "emulation" as a representation and long-term preservation methodology for dataset-type records. It also suggests a dataset records model.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.215-231
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• 2009

In 1999, "Records management of public instituition Act" was enacted. Since then, records management system has been developed, but the level of records management is still low in reality. This article is to present suggestions in policy of national records management. To flourish national records management, 'governance' should be performed during policy propulsion and National Archives of Korea should be politically neutral and independent. In addition, records management system needs to be wide-spread, many different archives should be established, also archives should have archivists. Not only that, managers of archives need to cooperate and thrive with autonomy, decentralization of authority, and solidarity.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.57-84
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• 2018

By the law, "Public Records Act", all public agencies should have at least one record manager. However, education support offices and military related agencies currently have a low recruitment rate than other agencies. To overcome the absence of records manager, several education support offices ran the 'CoP(Community of Practice)s of Records Management'. To determine the current state of operation of the CoPs, a preliminary analysis was conducted on all national education support offices by information disclosures. And then the detail survey was performed by dividing the institutions with/without the CoPs, At the results, the CoPs of record managements help to perform practical task and improve individuals'skills. Meanwhile, even if the CoPs temporarily substitutes record management tasks, the record manager specialist must be recruited. In addition, we proposed an activation plan to identify and solve the obstacles in the operation of the CoPs of records management.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.59-80
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• 2020

Local public corporations are closely related to the welfare promotion of local residents because they are responsible for the management of public facilities and are entrusted with some of the duties of local governments. Besides these responsibilities, they also have to conduct systematic and professional record management to ensure the legitimacy and fairness of organizational activities as the importance of ethical management and knowledge management emerges in organization. With regard to this task, this study proposes an improvement plan for the records management of local public corporations by analyzing the current status of records management and the awareness level for the possibility of developments in record management work. For this endeavor, the study conducted a literature review, gathered 50 survey responses from archivists from local public corporations nationwide, and performed 18 interviews with the survey respondents. Based on the analysis of these data, the study proposes that the National Archives of Korea should strengthen the role of supporting local public corporations. Moreover, local public corporations are suggested to improve records management at the local level and form a cooperative union among similar corporations.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.143-150
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• 2022

With the enactment of the "Public Records Management Act" in 1999 and its revision in 2020, a records management system was established in the domestic public institutions. However, as the focus is on the management of public records, there are difficulties in managing the historical records of the university archives controlled by the nonelectronic records management system. To overcome these difficulties, this study looked at the case of Pusan National University Archives, which attempted to improve the function of the nonelectronic records management system using the "University Innovation Support Project." In particular, it is a case in which the function of the nonelectronic records management system was improved, catalogs reflecting the characteristics of resources were produced, and then the shelves were organized. It is hoped that the improvement of the nonelectronic records management system in Busan National University Archives will provide a positive direction for related organizations facing similar difficulties in the future.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.27-49
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• 2022

According to the amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Public Records Management Act in 2020, an administrative information dataset record management plan will be enacted, and the National Archives of Korea plans to establish an integrated administrative information dataset management system to support it. However, there is no specific service plan that considers the characteristics of the datasets and the Management Reference Table. Therefore, this paper compared and analyzed the current status of dataset services at 14 domestic and foreign public data portals and archives websites, derived implications, and proposed 6 service plans applicable to the integrated administrative information dataset management system. This study's results will lead to utilizing the administrative datasets and the activation of services.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.211-243
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• 2019

According to article 11 of the Public Records Management Act of Korea, metropolitan city, special self-governing city, province or special self-governing province should establish archival institutions for permanent preservation and management of records. As a result, the establishment and operation of archival institutions in Korea has been increase, but since it is still in the stage of introduction, the mission and role of these archives have not been specified by archives act. Therefore, we need to establish a proper legal basis to support it. To do this, it explores the archives act in China, Russia and Germany in terms of basic operational policy, collection and transfer of records, management of records, and service of records. As a result, the study presents some implications for the archives act for the management of archives in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.205-228
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to review the business records management and archival system in Korea. Each private enterprise has several reasons to maintain its own records, archives and historical materials. Those are to meet the legal requirements and the social needs. They are for supporting the business activities and protecting the benefits of corporate. It's needed to establish an integrated knowledge, information, records, and communication center, employing the archivists and records managers who have an ethical sense of duty and the knowledge about business records to improve the current system at own storage facilities.