[This seminar has ended] Osaka University Society-University Co-Creation Seminar Series #4: Preserving and Inheriting Regional Records – Challenges and Prospects of Archives (2019/3/18)

Archival institutions (or "Archives") are institutions and facilities that preserve and display archival documents. Documents held by local governments are disclosed based on Information Disclosure Ordinances and Personal Information Protection Ordinances, but these documents are discarded after the specified retention period.

Thus, archives, which hold historical or cultural materials after the retention period, play an important role in disclosure and academic research of such archival documents. Storing historical materials owned by private citizens in good condition is also an important role of archives.

For this seminar, we’ve invited ITOH Kazuharu ( Archivist, National Archives of Japan), MIWA Munehiro (Professor, Manuscript Library, Kyushu University Library), and YAGIRI Tsutomu (Associate Professor, School of Law, Chukyo University) to discuss the current situation and challenges facing official document preservation of local governments, including criteria for appraising job performance of archivists and archive selection criteria , as well as explore the possibilities of what can be bestowed upon society through co-creation between universities, local governments, and archives.

Osaka University Society-University Co-Creation Seminar Series #4: "Preserving and Inheriting Regional Records – Challenges and Prospects of Archives"

Date & Time : Monday, March 18, 2019 – 14:00~17:00

Venue : Kaitokudo for the 21 st Century Studio, Osaka University Hall

Capacity : 50 (Applications accepted on a first-come, first-served basis)

Host : Office for Community-University Co-Creation, Co-Creation Bureau, Osaka University

Planning/Production : Osaka University Archives, Osaka University Kaitokudo for the 21 st Century

14:00 : Opening Greeting

NAGATA Yasushi (Executive Vice President, Osaka University/Director, Office for Community-University Co-Creation, Osaka University)

14:05 : Keynote Lectures

ITOH Kazuharu – “Drafting Process and Overview of the Criteria for Appraising Job Performance of Archivists’”

MIWA Munehiro – “What Should be Kept as Archival Materials at the Kumamoto Prefectural Archives -- My Challenges and Proposals”

YAGIRI Tsutomu – "State of Archives and Challenges in Local Governments -- From My Experience as an Archivist”

15:45 : Intermission

16:00 : Panel Discussion: “State of Archive Storage in Local Governments”

Participants -

ITOH Kazuharu (Archivist, National Archives of Japan)

MIWA Munehiro (Professor, Manuscript Library, Kyushu University Library)

YAGIRI Tsutomu (Associate Professor, School of Law, Chukyo University)

Coordinator -

TAKAHASHI Akio (Director, Osaka University Archives/Profesor, Graduate School of Law and Politics)