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This study analyzes the research trends and thematic structure of oral history studies in Korea using a text mining‒based approach. The dataset consists of 922 journal articles published between 2002 and 2025 in journals under the Korean Citation Index (KCI). The study combines descriptive statistics on journal and disciplinary distributions with diachronic analysis of author-assigned keywords, keyword co-occurrence network analysis, and Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF–IDF) analysis of article titles and abstracts. The results show that oral history research in Korea originated within the field of history and has progressively expanded across diverse academic disciplines. Research themes have evolved from methodological foundations to memory-centered interpretations and, more recently, to practice-oriented concerns, such as public engagement, records, and social utilization. The thematic structure is organized into seven major clusters: the historicization of modern and contemporary Korean testimonies, oral life histories, the reconstruction of traumatic memory, oral tradition and community memory, orality and folklore, public history, and migration and diaspora. This study provides a quantitative overview of the accumulation and diversification of oral history research in Korea and demonstrates the usefulness of text mining and network-based approaches for trend analysis in the humanities.

Despite their growing importance, university student records management is hindered by a lack of standardized criteria. This study aims to identify improvement priorities by analyzing the gap between the perceived importance and actual performance of various student record types. Through a comprehensive review of university regulations and case studies, 38 record types were identified, and an Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) was conducted based on a survey of records managers. The results indicate that, while official records such as event documentation (Quadrant I) are managed effectively, student-generated records such as minutes from self-governing bodies (Quadrant II) have significantly lower performance levels relative to their high perceived importance, requiring urgent attention. Based on these findings, the study recommends establishing a core management system for well-maintained records and then implementing a digital archive to enhance the performance of critical student-produced records. This research provides an empirical foundation for universities to develop effective student record management policies.

This study examines how Records in Contexts (RiC) has been applied and adjusted in an actual archival environment, focusing on the case of the Archives nationales de France (ANF). Using a qualitative case study approach, the study analyzes a series of RiC-related initiatives developed at the ANF, including early pilot projects in which the RiC concept was applied to real archival description data. Based on a comparative analysis of publicly available official documentation, the study examines the problem settings addressed by each initiative and the characteristics of the work undertaken. The findings show that the application of RiC unfolded progressively through three analytically distinct phases: experimental implementation, data structure alignment, and the exploration of service transformation. Thus, this study conceptualizes RiC adoption not as a technical choice or a one-time project but as a gradual process shaped within the archival environment.