Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 46 No. 1, 2003.
Conference paper
Archives and records creators: State Archives in Gospić
Ivica Mataija
Abstract
Besides collecting, preserving, treating or using archives, one of the central every day's issues by which modern archival services are preoccupied is that of relationships between archival institutions and records creators. Circumstances of democratic development and a growth of market economy have a direct influence on the changes of structure, number or social significance of records creators in the Lika region. The process of such social transformations makes creators confronted with numerous problems of organizational, material, personnel or regulatory nature. Creators on the territory under jurisdiction of the State Archives in Gospić were strongly influenced by the war agression during which not only many of them, but also their archives disappeared, e.g. those of the Municipality of Lovinac or those of the assemblies of the municipalities of Otočac and Gospić. The parts of archives created at the time in occupied areas are still out of archival jurisdiction, waiting for the necessary beginning of their return. By the end of eighties there were 275 creators registered on the territory of the State Archives in Gospić. Today's situation is much more different. There are 136 registered creators which make efforts to anticipate achievements of modern arhival profession same as to accomodate to the circumstances of modern records management. Specific qualities of this region ask for continuous and maximal care of archival profession. The fact that, by building relationships with creators, they have direct influence on the protection of archives, from their creation to their arrival into the repositories, makes archivists obliged to be fully engaged in their professional efforts.
Keywords
archives; records creators; records management; categorization; schematism; registry; classification; regulations; preservation
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7367
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Publication date:
26.3.2004.
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