National archives

National archives

From Republika

As a new employee, I am very concerned about the condition of
the National Archives. The morale of the employees is low, and
unity among the workers is weak. This has resulted from the
employees' inadequate understanding of the principles of modern
management and archive science.

For example, the National Archives System does not refer to
other information systems, such as library and documentation
centers. The archives are not the only source of information,
unless they can be developed into a national information system.
Unfortunately, up to now, they don't have one because the
previous system has been abolished. How could the National
Archives establish an information system on a national level if
the institution is even incapable of managing a national archives
system?

The concept will become unrealistic if we cannot set up the
National Information System in such a way that it has a
relationship with archives divisions that are found in government
agencies in the capital as well as in the provinces. Since
basically, access to the National Archives' dynamic archives is
closed, how can other agencies get access to these archives?

It will be difficult for the National Archives to implement
the information system using computer networks, because the
personnel have not been trained to work with such a system.

The situation is made even worse because many policies are
implemented without prior discussion with officials of the first
and second echelons. As a result, the organizational structure
has become stagnant, has it not?

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