"Digital Archive Charter" and Human Resource Development

Abstract

The "Digital Archive Charter" places the "right to archive" at the foundation of the Charter as a fundamental right that citizens have to preserve records of the past and present in order to lead rich and comfortable lives, and to allow everyone to continuously access and utilize materials from the past and present. In light of this, the state of digital archives should be examined in tandem with the training of archivists, who are human resources who are engaged in the planning, development, maintenance, management, and utilization of digital archives by citizens on their own initiative. We would like to clarify the relationship between the "Charter for Digital Archives" and the philosophy and current status of digital archives, the ideal state of human resource development, and the direction of the qualification system, as conducted by the Study Committee for Human Resource Development and Utilization of Japan Society for Digital Archive.