As company archivists, remember that before being transferred to the company archives, files should be “prepared” by those who no longer need them. The archivist can assist such a person in preparing the file, but is not obligated to do so. They will accept the completed files along with the delivery and acceptance list. Below
In September 2019, I participated in workshops organized by the State Archives in Zamość, titled “Become a Family Archivist,” as part of the Family Archives of Independence campaign. I must admit, they were very helpful. The main topics of the workshops were recording and securing home archives from destruction, as well as genealogical research into
In connection with determining the legal status of your institution and further handling of its documentation, below is a brief breakdown of the national archival resources according to the Act on National Archival Resources and Archives. It may be helpful. The national archival resources are divided into:
As I mentioned earlier, the first four classes in the Uniform Material List of Records are: 0 – Management 1 – Human Resources 2 – Material Assets 3 – Finance From class 4 onwards, it’s the activity of your institution itself. Today we’ll focus on class 4. When developing this class, you must consider only
Many of you, with the so-called scope of your duties as company archive manager, surely don’t know where to begin. Often, you haven’t been trained, and your employer requires you to record, secure, and store file folders that are transferred from individual organizational units (departments) to your company archive. Well, I’m here to help. The
Archival science seems boring, trivial, or uninteresting to some (or even most) people. And an archivist is usually associated with someone who spends entire days in basements surrounded by piles of dusty and unpleasant-smelling papers, arranging, sorting, and processing them. But few people know that archival science, like other fields of study, has “advanced” in
