Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 48 No. 1, 2005.
Conference paper
Service's standardization - one of the preconditions for the effective archival institution
Nela Kušanić
Abstract
Standardization in archives is certainly a very significant step towards organized development and modernization of archives (especially of state archives). The standardization process in the archives of the Republic of Croatia started by determination of their position as state archives (1993) by Institution Law, it was carried on by adoption of the Law on Archival Material and Archives (1997) as well as by introduction of relevant implementary regulations. It is a process which will not be brought to an end after the introduction of all anticipated implementary regulations but which further development will be determined by daily archival practice.
Through the analysis of issued regulations the author concludes that a basis for the existance and activity of archives has been established, but that there are still no basic development criteria.
Archival legislation in force does not give complete answers to the next questions: how to determine the necessary number of professional workers as well as employees, how to determine the quantity and quality of necessary and supporting equipment?
The author points out that a lack of uniformity in archival work in the Republic of Croatia is another problem which influences essentially a general impression on archives. The lack of uniformity is partly a result of uncompleteness of existing regulations which are not fully applied. The author emphasizes a significance of the uniformity in surveillance procedures of documents protection at their owners as well as of the uniformity in giving out documents and solving users' inquiries, and especially of the uniformity in charging for the provided services.
Keywords
standards; archival legislation; development criteria; archives in the Republic of Croatia; archival service in the Republic of Croatia; lack of uniformity in archival work
Hrčak ID:
6227
URI
Publication date:
7.11.2005.
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