Abstract

The purpose of this study is to raise the need for the management of the deposit copy and preservation of government publications issued by Regional Local Government, and to present improvements to the problems of the management of government publications. To achieve this objective, a list of government publications of Regional Local Government is investigated, and interviews are conducted with record managers and librarians. During the investigation, there were difficulties in identifying the publication list of government publications, and there were fewer government publications that matched the RLG's list of holdings and the list of deposit copies delivered to the National Archives. The proposed improvements include formulating a list of government publications' registrations, constituting list elements of closed publication and partial disclosure of government publications, mandating registration and notification of government publications, specifying the management of government publications in the division of duties for record managers and staff of production departments, and encouraging them to receive training in administration of government publications.