2018年12月21日 星期五

香港檔案法立法諮詢 Consultation on Archives Law Legislation in Hong Kong

檔案記載著機構的政策、決定、和活動,是機構極重要的資源。政府檔案更關乎社會管治和公民權益,故有需要加强管理,以確保檔案得到妥善記錄和保存,供日後取用、參考。世界不少國家和地區均有制定檔案法,而香港長久以來籍由行政指令、指引和刊物代替法例,規管政府檔案的管理。近年社會各界對制定檔案法的訴求益增,有見及此,香港法律改革委員會於2013年成立檔案法小組委員會,就此課題作深入研究。

日前(12月6日)小組委員會發表諮詢文件,就現行公共檔案管理制度是否需要改革,如認為需要的話,則採用何種改革方案為佳,諮詢公眾意見。文件中小組委員會研究數個司法管轄區的法律和作業方法,特別是澳大利亞、英格蘭、愛爾蘭、新西蘭和新加坡,臚列其觀察和初步看法外,還提出12條諮詢問題,例如檔案處的行政及運作、檔案移交檔案管理機關制度、公共檔案管理制度的涵蓋範圍等。

小組委員會初步認為有理據支持在香港制定檔案法,但實施上亦有難處,例如香港缺乏檔案管理專才、增加公務員工作量、處理電子檔案挑戰。諮詢文件未有提及疏忽處理政府文件的罰則;另外,對於應否涵蓋公共機構,因難以決定「公共機構」的範圍及公共機構是否已準備就緒,小組委員會建議可不時列舉應受規管的特定機構,及以「針對個別情況處理」方式監督其檔案管理情況。

諮詢期至2019年3月5日為止。

Records are vital resources of an organization and they document the policies, decisions, and activities, etc. Government records may contain importance information of governance and civil rights. For such records to maintain their value, they must be properly created and managed to ensure their authenticity and usability. Most of the countries or jurisdictions have archives legislation, and in contrast Hong Kong Government has been using administrative directives, guidelines and publications to regulate the management of Government. In response to the social urge of archives law legislation in recent years, the Archives Law Sub-committee of the Law Reform Commission was setup in 2013 to review the situation and make recommendation.

The Sub-committee has just released (6 December) the consultation paper to invite public views on whether reform of the current public records management regime is needed, and, if so, what kind of reform is to be preferred. The Sub-committee has studied the laws and practices of a number of jurisdictions, in particular, Australia, England, Ireland, New Zealand and Singapore, and has set out its observations and provisional views, as well as asked 12 consultation questions for instance the governance of the Government Records Service, and transfer of records to archival authority, and coverage of public records management regime, etc., to engage as much of the public as possible.

The Sub-committee’s provisional views are that there are considerations in favour of the enactment of an archives law in Hong Kong, but there are also practical concerns over its implementation, such as shortage of archives management professionals, workload pressures on civil servants, challenges of electronic records management, etc. The consultation paper does not mention the penalties for unauthorized destruction of public records. As regards the scope of public bodies to be covered, the Sub-committee considers a "bespoke" approach and to “enumerate from time to time specific bodies that should be subject to the public records management regime” since there is no universal approach on the definition of public bodies, and the individual circumstances of the public bodies must be carefully considered before imposing on them any uniform mandatory records management regime.

The consultation period will end on 5 March 2019.

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2018年11月30日 星期五

大學檔案數碼資料庫啓用 Launch of the University Archives Digital Collection

為推廣中大檔案文獻的使用,大學檔案組剛啓用「大學檔案數碼資料庫」,供各界人士瀏覽。本資料庫收錄中大的出版物包括歷史檔案的掃描文本,及以數碼方式製作的出版物或網頁資料,以PDF格式保存,並支援全文檢索。目前收錄資料包括:
  • 校園發展計劃——《香港中文大學校園發展計劃初步報告》(1964)˴《香港中文大學校園發展計劃報告書概要》(2009)及《香港中文大學校園發展計劃報告》(2010)。
  • 新聞稿——1983˴1984˴1987-1997
本資料庫籌備多月,因檔案數碼化需要經過多重工序:從徵集檔案˴檢測˴修復˴掃描˴資料輸入˴圖檔品質檢驗˴文字辨識質素檢驗˴校正˴到上載至伺服器等,才可將成果呈現到大家眼前。檔案庫將不斷新增藏品,敬請密切留意。

The University Archives Digital Collection was launched recently to promote the use of the historical records of the Chinese University. The Collection aims to provide online access to periodicals and other materials published at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It includes scanned copies of historical documents and born digital publications or web content. Files are in PDF format and full-text search function is available. Currently available titles are:

  • Campus development plans – Chinese University of Hong Kong Development Plan Preliminary Report (1964), The Chinese University of Hong Kong Campus Master Plan Synoptic Report (2009), and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Campus Master Plan Final Report (2010)
  • Press Releases – 1983,1984,1987-1997
This Collection has been prepared for months since the digitization works usually have to go through processes like document collection, preservation, scanning, data entry, image quality checking, OCR quality checking, correction, and uploading, etc. This is a growing collection so please pay close attention to the website.


大學檔案數碼資料庫首頁 The University Archives Digital Collection – front page

大學檔案數碼資料庫目前藏品 The University Archives Digital Collection – current available titles

大學檔案數碼資料庫:新聞稿按年份排列 The University Archives Digital Collection – CUHK Newsletters are in chronological order

大學檔案數碼資料庫:新聞稿目錄 The University Archives Digital Collection – CUHK Newsletters’ table of contents

大學檔案數碼資料庫:新聞稿瀏覽界面 The University Archives Digital Collection – CUHK Newsletters’ layout

2018年10月26日 星期五

大學檔案的研究支援服務 University Archives’ Research Support Service

大學檔案除了致力蒐集、整理、維護具永久保留價值的中大檔案,更有一重要任務——推廣中大檔案的使用,支援校内外單位與個人的教學、研究、出版、甚至影視製作等工作。  

例如最近由中大新亞書院、藝術系、藝術系系友會出版的《趙鶴琴》一書,介紹這位在中大任教多年的著名篆刻書畫家生平,並選刊其印章作品、文章及講義等,為研究趙氏藝術成就的重要參考著作。《趙》書編輯小組得知中大校長鈐章為趙先生所刻(連結),於是聯絡大學檔案搜集相關資料,而大學檔案亦積極協助,終尋得藏於中大傳訊及公共關係處的「香港中文大學校長之章篆刻設計書」(1964),另有趙鶴琴書中大校訓「博文約禮」式樣 (1964) 及趙鶴琴潤例 (1959, 1963, 1968) 等,收錄《趙》書中。  

如閣下需要大學檔案的研究支援,歡迎聯絡我們

In addition to collect, organize and preserve CUHK records that have enduring value, the University Archives also strives to promote the use of the historical records by supporting teaching, research, publishing, and audio-visual production activities of the University community and external users.  

For instance, Chao Ho-chin, a book recently published by CUHK’s New Asia College, Department of Fine Arts, and the Alumni Association of Fine Arts Department, which introduces the life of the famous seal carving artist and painter who had taught in CUHK for years. The book collects Mr. Chao’s seal carving works and reprints his articles and lecture notes, etc. The editorial team of the book had contacted the University Archives for collecting relevant information of one of the Mr. Chao’s work – the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Seal (link). With help of the University Archives, the preliminary proposal of the seal (1964), the calligraphy of CUHK motto – “Bo Wen Yue Li” written by Mr. Chao (1964), as well as the price list (1959, 1963, 1968) were found in the Communications and Public Relations Office of the University. The images of the above-mentioned items were presented in the book.

If you have research enquiries relating to the history of CUHK, please feel free to contact us.

趙鶴琴先生 (1894-1971) – 曾在中大任教多年 (1959-1968) 的著名篆刻書畫家
Mr. Chao Ho-chin (1894-1971) – famous seal carving artist and painter who had taught in CUHK from 1959 to 1968

《趙鶴琴》封面
Chao Ho-chin Cover

《趙鶴琴》目錄由大學檔案提供的「香港中文大學校長之章」篆刻設計書和趙鶴琴潤例收於附錄部分
Chao Ho-chin Table of Content – the preliminary proposal of the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Seal and the
price list provided by the University Archives are in “Appendix”

《趙鶴琴》「香港中文大學校長之章」篆刻設計書 (1964)。印章最初設計用獅子作鈕,最終成品則以鳳作鈕
Chao Ho-chin – the preliminary proposal of the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Seal (1964). The holder of the seal in the early proposal was lion, and later it was changed to phoenix.

《趙鶴琴》趙鶴琴書中大校訓「博文約禮」式樣 (1964)
Chao Ho-chin – the calligraphy of CUHK motto – “Bo Wen Yue Li” written by Mr. Chao (1964)

《趙鶴琴》趙鶴琴潤例 (1959, 1963, 1968)

Chao Ho-chin – Price List  (1959, 1963, 1968)