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Archive is a very broad concept. The archive can be called an organization or its department, which is engaged in the storage of documents, information. This and a specific room in which various materials are collected for long-term storage. The main idea of this concept lies precisely in the storage, processing of information and its systematization for prompt access to documentation if necessary. Archives Day in 2023 will be celebrated by thousands of specialists.
When is the Day of Archives in Our Country and in the world in 2023
Archives Day 2023 is celebrated in Our Country March 10 all the archivists of the country. After all, who better than them to understand the importance and seriousness of this case. However, this holiday is not the only one that archive workers can consider a professional day.
9 June International Day of Archives established. It was on this day in 1948 that the International Council of Archives was founded – a community dedicated to the preservation and development of the world’s archival heritage.
history of the holiday
The emergence of archives can be associated with the emergence of writing in Our Country. Initially, the princely court was the place of storage of state documents. Later, archives began to appear in monasteries – they were called treasuries. At that time, cultural values, in fact, treasures, were also kept along with the documents. In addition to storing in treasuries, they were also engaged in the census of books. With the development of monasteries, the number of books also increased. For them, they began to allocate premises separate from other valuables.
At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, Moscow became the center of the lands, at the same time a single archive of Muscovite Our Country was organized.
At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, Peter I carried out reforms that included archives. It was then that the concept of an archive first appeared officially. They began to be allocated to an independent part of institutions, where information was transferred not for operational needs, but for issuing certificates, documents for long-term storage. Employees of such units began to be called archivists.
Today, archives are a complex system of storage, accounting, processing and use of documents. Responsibilities of archivists:
- ensuring the safety of documents;
- acceptance of documents;
- their processing;
- collection of papers;
- systematization and formation of cases;
- description preparation.
All this is regulated by the Federal Law “On Archives in the Federation” of 2004.
In a global sense, archives are repositories of experience and history accumulated over the centuries. Turning to archival information, we get the opportunity to learn the most important facts, to take a different look at the events of the past.
The preservation of historical documentation is the most important task of state archival services. They are repositories of the collective memory of peoples and of all mankind.
The importance of the profession of an archivist and the existence of archives is an indisputable fact, which led to the emergence of a professional holiday – the Day of Archives.
Holiday traditions
Archives Day is an occasion to congratulate all employees involved in the storage of important documents and files. Their activity requires attentiveness, concentration and scrupulousness, knowledge of many instructions related to deadlines, rules and a list of storing the necessary information.
Traditionally, all archival workers on this day are congratulated by the management of the unit, letters, gifts and incentives are awarded.
The media acquaints us with the features of this profession. Competitions for the title of the best specialist, conferences, celebrations are held.