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Archival Science Lab
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A lab in archival science that studies the preservation and use of local public records and historical materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Considering the preservation and use of local public records and historical materials
The Shirai Lab specializes in Japanese archival science and studies public records (administrative documents) and historical materials (old documents, or komonjo) managed by local communities.
The lab mainly investigates their structure and information, as well as measures for their preservation and use.
The lab also conducts research through practical activities, such as preserving documents, records, and materials related to the damage caused by the nuclear power plant accident in the Great East Japan Earthquake, and rescuing public records in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture, after the Kanto-Tohoku Heavy Rain flooding.
Key terms
- Public records
- Documents that government bodies produce in the course of their work, also called administrative documents
- Old documents (komonjo)
- Documents written in the past, and one type of material used to study history
- Public records rescue
- Activities to recover and protect public records damaged by disasters such as floods
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the structure and information of public records and historical materials managed by local communities, as well as measures for their preservation and use. It also conducts research through practical activities, such as preserving documents, records, and materials related to earthquake and flood disasters.
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- ProfessorTetsuya Shirai
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Lambeth archives - reading room 3” Chiarabolzo1000 / CC0 (cropped)
- Preservation and Use of Local Public Records and Historical Materials: “RDZ des Historischen Archivs der Stadt Köln - Gefriertrocknungsanlage und Archivgut-2287” Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Archival Science Lab): “Storage vault” BORNTHISWAYMEDIA / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (International Relations History Lab): “Archives traitées après une inondation 03” DMontagne en résidence / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Understanding Knowledge Sharing (Uda) Lab): “Hamamatsu Municipal Sakuma Library reading room ac (8)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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