2014, Vol., No.41

The Korean Journal of Archival Studies 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.98

pISSN : 1229-7941 / eISSN : 2671-7891
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ksas

This study aims to propose a model for developing participatory laborarchives as locality ones. First, it proceeded the literature reviews andexpert interviews, so that revealed the needs for participations in buildinglabor archives, participating agents/agencies and the type of participation,especially in industrial labor archives. After examining domestic and foreignlabor archives, the way of participation was analysed. Based on theanalysis the model for developing participatory labor archives in terms ofthe principles, the procedure and the participation methods were proposed.

This study aims to analyze the features and problems of the Korea’snational records archiving system established in 1999, as well as to suggestthe countermeasures. First, in Korea, permanent records are archived by the administration,legislature and judicature separately. However, around the world there arevery few cases where a national archives controls the records of theadministration alone, whereupon there is the need to set up an integratedarchiving system regarding the records of the administration, legislature andjudicature. Second, in Korea, the records archiving system leans too muchtowards the centrally-controlled system, which is urgent to be solved. ‘Record Management Act’ stipulates that all the public records, includingnonpermanent ones, shall be managed by National Archives, wherewithNational Archives is overburdened. Hereat, it may be desirable for NationalArchives to manage very important records that deserve to be archivedpermanently and for Record Center to archive other records, which needsto be made into law.

With the quantitative growth of research data, the issue of enormouspreservation cost and sharing expansion, the organizations should prioritizethe collections then select the data that are worthy of save. Therefore,today, it is important for the organizations to appraise the continuing valueof produced records. Considering the universities and the public institutions such as governmentfundedresearch institutes as the heavy producer of the data, it becomes arising problem for the records management that it does not go beyond theframework of “administrative records” and “public records”. In this study, I looked into the background of the contention that theresearch records must be managed in a different perspective and checkedthe characteristics of research records in therms of the producers, researchactivities and records. Based on this analysis, I suggested the main issuesand considerations about the subjects, criterias and methods in researchrecords appraisal.