我國國家檔案徵集策略修訂與展望

Prospects on the Amendment of Acquisition Strategies for National Archives

檔案承載著為國家演進、人民生活、歷史文化及社會環境發展等的重要軌跡，而健全檔案管理並促進資訊公開透明，向為先進國家體現民主的重要指標。我國《檔案法》於2002年施行，除開啟我國政府機關健全檔案現代化管理之新頁，更賦予檔案中央主管機關「國家發展委員會檔案管理局」徵集國家檔案之法定職權。檔案徵集作業是蒐整與管理國家檔案的第一步，其整體制度規劃之周延與否至關重要，將直接影響國家檔案典藏質量。
揆諸歐美先進國家均高度重視政府機關執行各類公務紀錄之保存，除建構完整的管理制度外，更提供多元便捷的應用管道，以滿足行政稽憑、法律信證、歷史研究及民眾知的權利等不同需求。本文綜整美國、加拿大、英國及澳大利亞等國近年公布之國家檔案徵集策略，就發展背景、檔案徵集、審選、移轉至風險管理與評鑑制度進行研析，續衡酌我國國情與國家檔案館藏情形，釐訂修正原有國家檔案徵集策略，作為後續徵集作業辦理依據，並進一步提出未來展望。

Archives are firsthand materials for a nation to develop systems and policies. Archives record important trails of people’s lives and a nation’s history, culture, social changes and developments. Therefore, for advanced nations, sound archives management policies with open and transparent government information are important indices to evaluate the effectiveness of democracy. The implementation of the Archives Act in 2002 has ushered in a new era of modernized archives management in Taiwan. In addition, it has empowered the National Archives Administration, the central competent authority of archives, to acquire archives from all government agencies. The completeness of acquisition systems is the key to improving the quality of archives.
Advanced nations in the West have attached great importance to the preservation of official records from government agencies. In addition to establishing sound management systems, they have offered multiple and convenient ways for archives utilization in order to meet the different needs of administrative references, legal citation, historical research, and people’s interest to know. This research gathers the latest archives acquisition strategies of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Also, it discusses their development background, as well as archives acquisition, screening, selection, transfer, risk management, and evaluation systems. Considering these practices and Taiwan’s conditions, the authors bring forth the revised edition of national archives acquisition strategies and future prospects.