BASIC FUNCTIONS OF A FORMAL PROGRAM FOR ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT

1. Preservation

1.1. Determine processes to maintain, repair, restore.

1.2. Maintain archival materials using appropriates tools.

2. Arrangement and Description

2.1. Process determine a suitable method in arranging archival materials.

2.2. will be used for developing the appropriate finding aids.

3. Access and Use

3.1. Evaluating and selecting all archives that have been appraised for the public access and use.

3.2. Policies and procedures will be developed by the archives institution to ensure the integrity and originality of archives materials are persist.

4. Appraisal

4.1. Determine the value of records and for the purpose of deleting from the systems.

4.2. Help to determine the status of records either for temporary or permanent storage.

5. Accessioning

5.1. Process for moving the legal and physical custody of archival records from creating agency into archives institution/ archival repository.

6. Reference and Staff Services

6.1. Archives officer should have proper training in archiving.