Abstract

The purpose of this study is to seek the characteristics of Jaryokwan in Korea and suggest the direction of the development for the future, through the analysis of the work process for Record Center(Jaryokwan) regulated in the Law of Records and Archives Management(the Law). According to the Law, Jaryokwan is supposed to cover the areas of the management of semi-current records, government publications, books, and other records. The analysis of the Law shows that Korean Jaryokwan has the characteristics of divisional management of the semi-current records of governments, pursuing the integrated records and archives management systems, tightening the control function from the current-records stage, emphasizing the protection of evidences and security, contribution to the decentralizing storage of archives and simplifying the access to semi-current records for promoting it’s usage. For the future development of Jaryokwan in Korea, this study suggests the imminent needs of the development of ideal model for Korean Jaryokwan, the legal enforcement of posting an Archivist, the more detailed regulation, procedures and methods of work, the close collaboration with Library and Information Science, the pursuit of developing as a regional information center, increasing the flexibility of establishing Jaryokwan.