Digital Archive System at research and educational organizations for management of local materials

Abstract

Local materials are preserved not only in their original regions, but also in research and educational organizations, such as a university. It is a typical example that a researcher whose subject is a specific region compiles primary sources (archival materials) about the region in the research process, and the materials are deposited or donated to a university. These materials are mainly treated and preserved for the research and educational purposes, but the materials themselves tend not to be open in the region because they are not the results of the research. It is reasonable to suppose that the characteristic of archival materials is one of the causes of the problem, therefore the problem may be solved by an appropriate tool in accordance with the process of archival management in a research and educational organization. We show the case of Kyoto University Digital Archive System “Peek,” and discuss how to manage local materials in a research and educational organization.