Exploring the Concepts of Records as Persistent Representation of Activities (기록이란 무엇인가 : 활동의 고정적 재현물로서의 개념 탐구)

Moon-won Seol (설문원)

doi:10.20923/kjas.2019.59.005

Exploring the Concepts of Records as Persistent Representation of Activities

The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
2019, (59), pp.5~46
DOI : 10.20923/kjas.2019.59.005
Publisher : Korean Society Of Archival Studies
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : December 31, 2018
Accepted : January 23, 2019
Published : January 31, 2019

Moon-won Seol ¹

¹부산대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study aims to explore the concepts and nature of records in digital environments based on analyzing recent theoretical studies of records. This is not intended to defining records for management in a specific environment. This study is divided into two parts. Firstly, it classifies the definitions of records in three perspectives; evidence, information, and representation of activities, and explores the concepts and theoretical backgrounds underlying each definition. Secondly, it articulates some implications for understanding the concept and nature of records in digital environments by four categories such as i) fixity, ii) materiality, iii) activity and context, and iv) trustworthiness, which were derived from the definition of “persistent representation of activities” by Geoffrey Yeo.

KEYWORDS

definition of records, evidence, information, memory, representation, fixity, materiality, trustworthiness

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