• Journal of Information Management
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.151-176
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to propose effective management plan for official seal guaranteeing authenticity of archival records. For this, this paper attempts to investigate current management conditions of central governments and National Archives. First, disclosure of information on official seal register in central government was requested. In addition, surveys and interviews with person in charge were carried out. Additionally, official seal lists of National Archives were analyzed and the person in charge was interviewed. Based on these, this paper proposed management plans of official seal such as a periodic inspection of management conditions, training programs for the person in charge, selective acquisition, reporting of the current state, improvement of law system, improvement of document formats, and establishment of an electronic seal management system, etc.