Current state and issues of the management system of administrative publications in Mie Prefecture in Japan

Abstract

This study investigated Mie Prefectures system that oversees administrative publications and challenges facing this network; the study, is part of a project to examine the management and preservation of administrative publications at the prefectural level. Mie Prefecture, with the inauguration of the Mie Prefectural Museum which also functions as an archive, recently reorganize the system for managing and preserving administrative publications, which is by the following．（1）A new provision requires that administrative publications should be sent to both the Mie Prefectural Library and the Assembly library. Both have traditionally managed administrative publications, so the new system will institutionally support the roles of the two libraries as suppliers of administrative publications at the institutional level; and（2）As the official archive, the Mie Prefectural Museum must keep at least one copy of all the prefectureʼs administrative publications. In order to operate the new system effectively and keep it allow for constant improvement,certain efforts will be necessary to implement it and specific strategies will need to be adopted to promote communication among multiple management agencies.