ARHIVSKI VJESNIK 47. (ZAGREB, 2004)

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Summary OUTLINE OF THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN CROATIA, IN YUGOSLAV CONTEXT, FROM 1945 TO 1958: FROM GENERAL DIVERSITY TO THE SYSTEM OF UNIFIED ARCHIVÁL SIGNS The article presents main features and developement of the records managament in Croatian public administration 1945 to 1958, same as in other parts of Yugoslavia in that period, since main features of those days' records management are common to all parts of federation dew to centralisation of the State and to unitarian approach to social issues. After beginnings characterised by many different ways in Organization and Classification of records, and significant negligence of records management procedures, gradual simplification and unification of those procedures and of used Classification Systems took place as early as 1947/1948, and particularly since 1950. Profound efforts on the reform of records management in Yugoslav public administration can bc followed from 1955, ending by adoption of federal records management order, and of unified Classification System, i.e. of so called System of unified archivál signs for the territory of People's Republic of Croatia since 1958. Key words: 1945-1958, records management, reform of records management, archivál signs, Organization of records, Classification, Classification System, records management procedures