• The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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• no.47
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• pp.197-225
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• 2016

Korean archival community had continuously dealt with attempts at weakening the core of records and archives principles in the name of deregulation. In 2015, Korean government announced revisions of the Archives Law in order to boost uses of commercial records facilities by public institutions. As key concepts were unclear and understandings among stake-holders varied, a considerable degree of chaos and anxiety aroused. The amendment itself was held at National Assembly. The unresolved disputes rested, however, waiting for another attempt of similar nature. As the recognition propelled this paper, it aimed at reviewing major contending arguments and proposing future actions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.53-73
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• 2014

The study aims to analyze the Public Data Act and provide alternative strategies for public data management. It conducts an extensive literature review based on a multidisciplinary approach and discusses the terms, public data and synonyms from the Public Data Act, and other related laws while also studies and traces the history of related regulations. The significance of the Public Data Act is analyzed and the major contents of the Act are examined, particularly, the contents that describe relevant committees. As a result, the article discusses five issues: relation between regulations, ambiguity of decision-making standards, 'professionality of a public data supply officer, low quality of public data, and lack of records and archives management.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.95-119
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• 2023

Public institutions defining the legal scope of records management are a prerequisite to ensure the accountability and public's right to know. In this study, the requirements essential for determining the legal scope of the concept of public records were identified. For this, the concept of policies and the scope of public records which were prescribed by current laws such as the Public Records Management Act, Electronic Government Act, and Framework Act on Electronic Documents and Transactions were analyzed by this study. Furthermore, by examining both domestic and foreign cases on the legal competence of evidence of digitized records, institutional supplementary points were proposed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.151-171
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• 2015

The purpose of the study is to reformulate the roles of local archives, reflecting the new archival paradigm. Archives management of local authorities is different basically from that of central administration agencies. This paper analyses four stages of archival paradigm shifts in Western archival communities, and finds some implications for roles and responsibilities of local archives and local archivists. Finally, it suggests the directions of local archives management and revision of related articles in Public Records Management Act.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.5-38
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to examine the historical course of legislations on management of public records, analyse the transition process of records management systems on the basis of the life cycle of records, and eventually provide an effective measure reflecting the environment of public records management in Korea. It is significant that this study may provide better understanding of records management systems in Korea through the analysis of legislations with relation to public records management.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.65-86
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• 2001

This study aims to analyze the current policies and problems associated with the electronic records disclosure and to suggest the access paradigm for electronic records management. For this, Act on Disclosure of Information by Public Agencies. Public Records Management Act, and Electronic Government Act are analyzed in the light of public access to electronic records. The analysis lays special emphasis on the scope of public records to be disclosed, time to disclosure of public records. computer editing for pubic service. records dissemination through Internet, and the role of records centers and public libraries. Based upon the analysis, policy directions for electronic records management are suggested.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.177-198
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• 2014

This study analyzed the meanings and other details of the provisions in line with the free use of public works introduced through the Copyright Act of Korea in Dec. 2013 in the aspect of archival information services and indicated the limitations as follows. First, not all institutions shall follow the provisions because it does not cover all institutions under the Law of Records Management in Korea. Second, even though most of works made for hire in state institutions, local governments, and public institutions are not yet made public, to enable a work to be made public is a requisite for public works to be used for free. This is to limit the scope of public works. To solve the problems, this study suggested the revision directions of the Copyright Act of Korea that every school, which creates works made for hire, are covered in the institutions that enable the free use of works and change the requisite to make a work public for the disclosure the information. This study also suggested that the element for copyright information shall be created in the records schedule for public institutions and metadata standard for records management. The copyright information shall also be described when the records are registered.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.137-153
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• 2012

Meeting minutes in public organizations are crucial in the process of decision making in terms of accountability of records. The purpose of this study aims to provide a set of solutions in terms of improving the creation and management of meeting minutes in context of public records. For the case studies, Government in the Sunshine Act in the United States of America, Cabinet Handbook in Australia, and the law on Public Records in Korea are comparatively analyzed. As of 2012, fifty four designated meetings for minutes are administrated with a questionnaire survey. Based on the data analyses on the case studies and responses from designated meetings, three apsects in the creation and management of minutes are proposed: appropriate laws and regulations reflecting the characteristics of meeting minutes, best practices and manuals, and training for creation.

• The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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• no.63
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• pp.5-36
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• 2020

The E-government Act is in the complete revision process to promote the digital information preservation of the administrative information systems although the preservation of digital information in public sectors is now being regulated by the Public Records Act. In this challenging situation reconstruction of the public records policies has become a task that can no longer be delayed. The current public records policies are insufficient to manage various forms of digital information. The purpose of this study is to suggest the directions of the public records policies in digital transformation era. To this end, it analyze the recent changes in public records policies in the U.K. and Australia as leading models. The analysis derives four trends such as; i) extending management policies from declared records to all information, ii) adopting digital continuity policy, iii) managing information as records asset, and iv) establishment of information governance systems at national level.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.159-188
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• 2009

In the midst of computerization and digitization of the archives, the way of use and the need of users to use the public archives has been changed and expanded. It draws concerned party's attention to the copyrights in the public archives and the protection of the copyrights of the public archives. This study examines the exiting copyright laws in Korea and some foreign countries, interprets the laws, and presents legal implications when the laws are applied to the public archives held in the National Archives of Korea(NAK). The public records are "literary works" and their copyrights are to be protected. Most of the public archives held in the NAK are also "creative works" which are the presentations of thoughts and feelings of the individuals, the records creators in the public agencies. The holder of the copyrights of the archives is not the NAK, but the agency which created the archives, such as the central government and local governments. To promote the use of public archives, we need to expand the public domain in the public records and archives and the fair use of the archives. To do this, I suggest to amend and complement the Copyrights Act, the Pubic Records/Archives Management Act, and the Opening Records in the Public Agencies Act(FOIA in Korea). The establishment of a coordinating body dealing the copyrights in pubic record and archives is strongly recommended. The coordinating body will provide guidelines on protecting copyrights and expand the fair use and the public domain of the public archives.