| Because of importance and value, since archives were produced they have been kept in the professional storeroom. When reaching the period, archives are transferred to the appropriate institutions and be saved, for use by the public in the field of law, culture and research.Therefore, that kind of storeroom for archives is to collect, collate, store and providing, and its purpose is to custody and maintenance them, to select, save and provide the use of archives is the main tasks.The modern record-keeping repository plays an important role in the social system, and bear the social responsibility to save the cultural heritage of mankind, maintain the historical appearance, develop of archival resources, auxiliary political planning, expand the operation of the economy, promote the social education and develop entertainment resources.The development of the national archives depends not only on its strength and the level of economic development, but the the concern and support by the government on cultural works and archives also play key roles. Korea has a longstanding tradition of record keeping as evident in the documentary heritage listed in the Memory of the World Register such as the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, Hunmin Jeongeum manuscript, Seungjeongwon Ilgi (the diaries of the royal secretariat), Buljo Jikji Simche Yojeol (the second volume of Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests), Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures, and the Uigwe (the royal protocols of the Joseon Dynasty). The South Korean government attach importance to archival work, and provide enormous human resources and material investment to the National Archives of Korea. In a bid to build on the brilliant traditions of the past, we have been stepping up our training and consulting efforts and taking measures to enhance the archival infrastructure:the implementation of an electronic records management system working in line with the On-Nara business processing system, and the collection of private records within and outside the country. The National Archives of Korea aims at the service-oriented organization that provides the public with a variety of access to the archives accumulated and preserved. We build online content database by subjects using the archival resources over two million volumes. We also open regular cultural classes and hold special exhibitions of archives in order to familiarize the people with the National Archives and archival culture. The successful experience of the National Archives of Korea on management will lead to inspired thinking of the Public Archives building, reflected in the attention to the workers’ professional quality, national archives website which is closer to the public, the long-term development target which established in the international visual and electronic systems could allocate resources effectively.As an international student, I joined to the exchange program of Shandong University to study at the School of International Trade and Affairs in Chuang-Ang University of South Korea for six months. Then I visited the Seoul National Archives Information Center which situated in the the Korea Central Government Complex, and read the files. This article explains the history of National Archives of Korea, proposes the subject of utilization information resources according to user needs and plans for the future, to improve government information resources services of public archives in China. Firstly, the article summarized the basic development situation and history of National Archives of Korean; Secondly, it introduced the target to be a world-class archival institutions and exchanges between international agencies; Thirdly, it analysis the whole process of National Archives of Korean, including the systems of evaluation, preservation, transfer and application; Fourthly, it focused on technology and means about the management and service; Fifthly, the article discussed the archives higher education of Korea based on the analysis about staffs in National Archives of Korea; Finally, it combined construction situation at home and abroad with the actual situation of National Archives of Korea, and presented summary and outlook to the development future and reform measures of public archives in China. |
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