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Public-sector subsidiaries—legally independent yet quasi-public—face governance gaps due to exclusions in current legislations. Records management serves as a critical mechanism for achieving publicness and accountability. The methodology encompasses a literature review in public administration and archival studies, a comparative legal analysis of domestic and international regimes, and an assessment of tensions between legal independence and public duties. The following measures are proposed: (1) extending the applicability of the Public Records Management Act to subsidiaries; (2) establishing a linked parent–subsidiary records management system; (3) linking subsidiary records management to management evaluation and public disclosure; and (4) strengthening oversight led by the National Archives of Korea. These measures reframe subsidiaries as institutional actors capable of substantively achieving publicness and accountability, rather than peripheral units.

This study aims to present metadata elements based on the uniqueness of official seals, which are a type of administrative artifact. Official seals guarantee the authenticity of records and serve as administrative artifacts with evidentiary value. However, local governments currently use different sets of metadata elements for managing official seals by institution, and when such seals are transferred to permanent records management institutions, there is a risk of losing vital data. Therefore, metadata elements that reflect the unique characteristics of official seals are necessary. In this study, international metadata standards were examined, metadata elements used for managing official seals in metropolitan governments were investigated and analyzed, and the registration form for administrative artifacts of the National Archives of Korea was referenced to propose metadata elements for the management of official seals. The proposed metadata elements consist of 2 domains—Basic Information and Management Information—with 15 top-level elements and 39 sub-elements, in which mandatory elements are distinguished. Moreover, to reflect the uniqueness of official seals, metadata elements developed in this study were included, such as the Period of Use (Mayor), Seal Creation and Registration Department, Abolition Department, Acquisition Details (Specific Reason, Official Gazette Number, and Legal Basis), Typeface, Records Management System (RMS) Remarks, Seal-Related Remarks, Seal Creation and Registration Gazette Number, Seal Creation and Registration Public Notice Number, Abolition Gazette Number, and Abolition Public Notice Number.

This study aims to analyze how dance majors perceive, search for, and utilize dance records. To this end, a survey was conducted with 136 adult dance majors, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 4 participants. The results revealed that overall awareness of the term “dance records” was low, whereas the perceived necessity of such records was high. Significant differences were also found in levels of awareness and search frequency by major and occupations; in particular, Korean dance and ballet majors, as well as dance educators, demonstrated relatively higher search activity. Dance majors mainly searched for records through online platforms such as YouTube and social media, while the use of official institutional websites or dance archives remained low. In addition, respondents suggested the digitization and dissemination of various types of records, along with improvements in search functionality and accessibility, as key measures for enhancement. Based on these findings, this study proposes the implementation of educational programs to raise awareness and promote the active use of dance records, the production and digitization of diverse record types, the establishment of an integrated search platform, and the resolution of technological and copyright-related constraints.