strategy of the national archives service of finland 2015

fluence will be emphasized. Other priority
areas include the documentation of the
war period and the special phenomena of
the post-war years, as well as the changes
in Finnish society since the 1980s, particularly
immigration issues and the trend
towards internationalisation. In order to
ensure the preservation of private archival
material of exceptional scientific or cultural
importance, the National Archives
Service exercises the authority granted in
the Archives Act to buy or copy the material.
Understanding of the importance of
private documentary material for historical
research and for national self-understanding
is promoted through communication.
The National Archives Service
promotes cultural aspirations (Kulturwille)
that value documentary heritage
and handing over of materials for preservation
in archives.
The acquisition and processing of private
archives requires a disproportionate
amount of efforts from institutions storing
them in comparison with the archives of
authorities. The arranging and cataloguing
of archives transferred to the National
Archives Service from private organizations
should in, accordance with the objectives
of the strategy period, be carried
out with external financing and utilize
strategic partnerships in other ways.
The Advisory Committee on Private
Archives of the National Archives promotes
cooperation on a national level
martti kupiainen
between institutions receiving private archives.
Goals include common principles
on acquisition and storage, good coordination
of operations between institutions,
common registers on materials and strong
emphasis on digitizing materials and online
services. Operational practices are
developed for the reception of electronic
private material exploiting experiences
particularly in the other Nordic countries.
IT features of the national register on
private archives maintained by the National
Archives Service will be updated.
It will at the end of the strategy period
include comprehensive reference data
on the private archives stored by various
memory organizations.
The Act on State Aid for Private Archives
(1006/2006) regulates the operations
of the National Archives in allocating
discretionary State aid. During the
strategy period, the National Archives
will further develop the indicators on effectiveness
and impact of operations in
private archives which receive State aid.
The system of indicators creates the foundation
for monitoring the operations of
archives receiving State aid and the appropriate
allocation of State aid. The system
of indicators takes into consideration the
special features and tasks of the archives in
such a way that the system will promote
cost-effective and efficient management
of operations in these institution.
During 2011 the National Archives
will make a comprehensive study of the
cost-effectiveness and impact of the State
aid system for private archives. On the
basis of the study, the National Archives
Service will make a proposal to the Ministry
of Education and Culture in 2012
on developing the State aid system. The
purpose is to clarify the division of tasks
of archives receiving State aid, to increase
cooperation and to cut unnecessary costs.
The National Archives Service strives to
ensure that the funding for archives receiving
statutory State aid will not proportionally
fall below the development in the
resources of the National Archives Service.
research and development
The National Archives Service strives through proactive measures to secure the acquisition of scientifically
important materials owned by private individuals and organizations.
• Archives are a vital infrastructure particularly for research in Humanities and Social
Sciences. The National Archives Service promotes research and develops and
studies management of archives.
• The National Archives Service promotes management of research information and
strives to make comprehensive documentary information available for research as
easily as possible. Digitization and online services provide good access to materials
in both Finnish and international research. The National Archives Service
participates in research and development projects that improve the efficiency of
data management with universities and research institutes. The research projects
are mainly implemented through external funding which is applied for separately.
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