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A Study on the Web Based Records Management Policy for Government Agencies (정부기관 웹 기록물관리 정책에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyuk-Jae;Kim, You-Seung
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.33-46
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    • 2009
  • Since the e-government has been established, a significant portion of governmental business processes is conducted on the web. There are a large amount of records which are used and maintained only on the web. However, although the web-based governmental records have a great value as national strategic resources and cultural heritages, there is no practical management activity for them. In this context the study discusses the necessity of web-based records information management policies and explores problems of web-based records management policies. As a case study, TNA in the UK and NARA in the US are discussed. Also, the National Archives of Korea and the Presidential Archives are explored. Furthermore, a comparative analysis is conducted against these four cases. Based on the discussion, as a result, the study presents feasible solutions to web-based records management policies in terms of law, system and technology.

A Study on Perspectives of the National Assembly Larchiveum: Focused on Discussion about Collaborative Strategies of Memory Institutions (국회 라키비움의 전망에 관한 연구 - 기억기관 협력 정책에 관한 논의를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, You-Seung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.93-115
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    • 2012
  • The National Assembly and its institutions have heavy duties to the nation. Knowledge and information resources which they produce, manage and preserve are part of history and evidence of democracy. Therefore, activities for systematic management and long-term preservation of the resources are important tasks at a national level. However, organizational status of the institutions, which are in charge of management and preservation of the resource, are not in accord with their responsibilities. In this context, this study aims at analyzing necessary and sufficient conditions for establishing the National Assembly Larchiveum and at exploring possible strategies. The study conducts literature reviews concerning necessities, procedures, and success factors of collaboration. Futhermore it analyzes various cases and divides them into several types based on collaborative levels and geographical categories. Based on these theoretical discourse the study discuss the history of the National Assembly's memory institutions and obstacles to their collaboration. As a result, it provides alternative strategies for establishing the National Assembly Larchiveum.

A Study on Improvement Plans for National Archives of Korea Website's Search Service through Its Usability Evaluation (국가기록원 웹사이트 검색서비스의 사용성 평가를 통한 개선방안 연구)

  • Lee, Hyojin;Kim, Jihyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.187-215
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    • 2021
  • Archives should provide a web-based archival information service with good usability based on the understanding of users' needs. Thus, this study analyzed the usability of the National Archives of Korea (NAK) website's search service through expert and usability evaluations for various users and suggested improvement plans. A literature review, heuristic evaluation, one of the usability expert evaluation methods, and usability evaluation for users were performed. As a result of expert evaluation, the severity rating for the usability problem was highest regarding a match between the system and real world and the lowest in error prevention. In the usability evaluation, it was assumed that the user's background and whether the website's help was provided is associated with usability. Usability evaluation was conducted for 22 participants, including those majoring in records management, web/application developers, and people without such backgrounds. Furthermore, a presurvey, a five-second test, and search tasks were conducted in a row. The analysis based on usability components in ISO 9241-11: 2018, i.e., effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction, showed that web/application developers had the highest search effectiveness, and those majoring in records management showed high effectiveness only in the search for archival content services. Background factors did not affect efficiency, and the more familiar with the finding aids, the better the efficiency. Moreover, providing the website's help was found to be positively associated with effectiveness and satisfaction. This study suggests that the NAK website will offer a user-friendly interface and search function, expand help support, and display a consistent web interface.

A Case Study of the National Archives Instagram Archival Content in the Anglosphere (영미권 국립보존기록관 인스타그램의 기록정보콘텐츠 사례 연구)

  • Hoemyeong Jeong;Soonhee Kim
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to propose implications for the development of archival content of archives management institutions in Korea by analyzing cases of the archival content on Instagram of the national archives in the Anglosphere. The basic information of the research target's Instagram account, including the creation date, content, and the number of followers, was investigated, and the posts' contents and interaction types with high user responses were analyzed. As a result, to spread the records information service using Instagram, producing images and short-form content that can be intuitively checked through mobile screens and creating content that will attract the attention of primary users are required. Moreover, it is necessary to develop content for informative communications that can be shared with other users. There is also a need to enhance the exposure and searchability of the institution's Instagram account by strengthening connections with the institution's existing online resources and enabling communications, such as using hashtags, following related institutional accounts, and providing feedback on the contents' comments with followers. This study is meaningful in that it examined cases of archival content for Instagram and suggested their applications, and it can be used as basic data to help plan archival contents to spread the archival culture.

An Study on the Public Records Management Act and Special Archives in Korea (공공기록물관리법과 특수기록관리제도에 관한 고찰)

  • Youn, Eunha
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.79
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    • pp.169-203
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    • 2024
  • The records managed in special archives are core records of our society produced and managed by actual power players in the decision-making process. The Public Records Management Act stipulates that the transfer period of non-public records under its jurisdiction may be extended to 30 years after the end of the year of production only to special archives, and that the transfer period may be extended if it is necessary to continue to use them for business performance even after 30 years. In order to understand the exceptional procedures and implementation of this special records management system, an analysis of not only the meaning of special records but also the characteristics, scope, and types of special records must be preceded. In addition, the implementation method of the special records maintained by the institution must be analyzed. It also needs to be reviewed. Therefore, this paper first analyzed the transfer status of special records revealed in the National Archives' white paper and statistical data and examined the types, categories, and characteristics of special records and special archives. Second, we reviewed the establishment of special archives by 2023 and changes in operating methods according to the organizational system.

The Role of Archives and Archivists in the Period of Transformation into Supranationalism from Nationalism for the Purpose of Permanent Peace: Focused on the Establishment of European Community Archives and the Activities of the German Archivists for the Redressing the Common European Past (영구평화를 위한 초국가주의 역사로의 전환기 아카이브즈와 아키비스트의 역할: 유럽연합 아카이브즈 설립과정과 유럽차원의 과거사 청산을 위한 독일 아키비스트들의 역할을 중심으로)

  • Noh, Meung-Hoan
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.23
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    • pp.227-256
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    • 2010
  • This paper has two aims (1) to address the common European past by way of considering the development of the official archives of the European Union; and (2) to give specific attention to the activities of archivists in Germany. The EU archives contain the all the documents officially recording the common history of European integration from the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951. It was at the beginning of the 1980s, thirty years after the production of these documents, however, that the Archives of the European Community (EC) began to be systematized for public use when the European University Institute in Florence in Italy was chosen as the deposit location for the archive. After the coming into effect of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, the EC Archives were renamed as the EU Archives. Through the cooperation of the national archives of the each Member State of the EU with this EC Archives common norms regarding deposit were developed. This archives is a veritable gold mine for serious research into all and any official aspect of the institutional and policy history of today's EU, so for the formation of common European identity. The denazification process using the evidence of the archives contributed to the orientation of the New Germany towards Europe. The German archives then have been contributing to the redressing the past to a significant degree since after the Second World War. More recently, the establishment of the "Memory, Responsibility, and Future" Foundation in 2000 in Germany made possible cooperations with the archives of the East European countries and especially for the purpose of the providing evidence about former enforced workers under the Nazi regime. There has thus been developed European-wide networks among archives. These developments have furthered the common redressing of the European past and this process in turn has been contributing the enhancing the European spirit and identity. The thesis of this paper then is that historical research based on the EU archives and individual Member States can not only illuminate in great detail the stages of the history of European integration to date. The dissemination of such research can itself contribute to the process of the spreading of supranational ideas beyond Europe to other regions of the world.

A Study on the Present State and Improvement of National Museum Records Management System (국립박물관의 기록물 관리 현황과 개선방안)

  • Jang, Hyun-Jong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.153-179
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    • 2008
  • Museum Records is both a resource for the administration and for researchers. And It is necessary for the day-to-day operation of the museum's activity and it serves researchers of all kinds. This study is aimed to grasp the present condition of museum records management in a National Museum of Korea and 11 local national museums in Korea as a case study. To this end, two methods were used to collect the essential data. First, a comprehensive literature survey was conducted to investigate foreign successful museum records management system. Second, interview and questionnaire survey were conducted to collect the data of actual state of National Museum. The results show that National Museum should be a wholly responsible for the department and disposition of professional staffs and set up the comprehensive registration system, the standard of classification considering the museum's feature and the regular estimation system. And also National Museum should expand and improve the facilities according to "Archives and Records Management of Public Agencies Act".

Russian Revolution and Archivists, 1917-1920 (러시아 혁명과 아키비스트, 1917-1920)

  • Bang, Il-Kwon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.23-42
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    • 2004
  • Lenin's decree of 1 June 1918 'On the reorganization and centralization of archives in the RSFRS' is appreciated as an institutional and conceptional basis for Socialist archival theory and practice not only in USSR but also in most countries of the socialist community. In spite of its importance to the making role to build the 'landmark' in the history of russian archives. This paper focuses on the activities and achievements of archivists in 'RAD Union(Union of Russian archives activists)' in revolutionary situation of 1917-1920. To preserve documental heritage with historical values in difficult situation of 1917 historians and archivists in 'RAD Union' voluntarily cooperated with new governments. This special situation led them to make more efforts at reformulating national archival system, namely, the state Archival Fond (Gosudarstvennyi Arkhivnyi Fond) as a new base for the centralization and arrangement of all archival materials throughout the country. Their experience was reflected in every articles of the archival decree of June 1918.