Archiving of Records -Latvian style
Līga VĪBURE, Svjatoslavs MATVĒJEVS · Moderna arhivistika · 2020
Today, information and communication technologies have become an integral part of our daily lives and basic information for the performance of their functions and for decision-making institutions accumulate in databases/information systems. The diversity of electronic information is extensive and continues to grow every year, creating ever-new challenges for Archives. The article presents the cooperation of the National Archives of Latvia with record creators, regulations regarding records and archives management and responsibility of both sides. At the moment, the priority of the National Archives of Latvia is appraisal, description and acquisition of electronic records and information system data sets. The article presents the approach from different perspectives. An overview of the Unified State Archives Information System is given and the process of acquisition of electronic records is described: standards, tools and file formats; record types created by institutions; current situation in institutions and cooperation with institution in order to transfer electronic records from institutions to the National Archives of Latvia according to regulations and standards.