SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND EXCRETION OF EPHEMERAL REGISTRY MATERIALS (EXPERIENCE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) Cover Image

NEKE KARAKTERISTIKE ODABIRANJA ARHIVSKE GRAĐE I IZLUČIVANJA BEZVRIJEDNOG REGISTRATURNOG MATERIJALA (BOSANSKOHERCEGOVAČKO ISKUSTVO)
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND EXCRETION OF EPHEMERAL REGISTRY MATERIALS (EXPERIENCE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)

Author(s): Izet Šabotić
Subject(s): Archiving, Information Architecture, Education and training
Published by: Arhiv Tuzlanskog kantona
Keywords: selection of archival material; the excretion of ephemeral registry materials; archival material; current records; worthless registry material; Category List; evaluating of current records;

Summary/Abstract: Process of selection and throwing away of wortless registry material presents one of the basic tasks of archival profession. The destiny of archival material as unreplacable historical source, which is neccessary for examination of the past period, depends on realization of this process. Tradition of carrying out the process of selection and throwing away of registry material in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not long and it refers to the beginning of the 1960 ies. This process presents one of the primary tasks of owners, creators and archive itself. The essence of the process of selection and throwing away of material is contained in separation of registry materials that are significant for the history, culture and other scientific areas, and also for writing off a part of registry material that is of a temporary significance for the current work. In Bosnian and Herzegovinian archival theory and practice in the process of selection of archival material and throwing away of worthless material there are some disadvantages. Owners and creators start this process of selection and throwing away mainly because of the need for space and rarely because of the need to fulfill legal obligations and protection of archival material. In the realization of this process there are lots of anomalies that are of professional and methodological nature. Results of the mentioned approach are numerous of consequences, which can be seen in the fact that this approach does not lead to a final goal and that is to save optimal number of neccessary historical sources.In order to change the existing practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is neccessary to pay more attention to the process of selection and throwing away the registry material in the sense of setting the exact criterias. This will be a guarantee to protect the maximum of archival materials as historical sources which are neccessary for examination of the past, and for other scientific and cultural needs.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 33-43
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian