Legal and regulatory edicts that apply to archives focus on the value of the archival matter. The case study at the heart of this study discusses the rules pertaining to archives under Israeli law and analyzes them through a novel theoretical perspective that sees public depositories of information as media that partake in the creation and sustenance of society’s memory. This study broadens the discussion on archives in relation to memory by focusing on the elements of archive laws developed in Israel. Analyzing the policies behind the operation of archives we highlight the legal requirements for both public and private archives, the criteria by which “archival matter” is defined, the balances created between the right for freedom of information and other rights such as privacy, the rules regarding the elimination of archival material, and the obligations on choosing which records to keep, and we wonder how these legal requirements influence memory processes. Utilizing this memory-driven analysis, the study uncovers the mechanisms by which laws and regulations influence “social memory.” By bringing the discussion regarding the worlds of regulation and memory under the roof of archive regulation, we offer a novel understanding of memory processes, the power of regulation within these processes and the role of archives in it.

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档案管理与社会记忆：以色列的案例

适用于档案的法律法规规定着眼于档案价值。本研究的核心案例研究讨论了以色列法律下与档案有关的规则，并通过新颖的理论视角对这些规则进行了分析，该观点将公共信息存储视为参与社会记忆的创造和维持的媒介。这项研究通过关注以色列制定的档案法的要素，拓宽了与记忆有关的档案的讨论。在分析档案运作背后的政策时，我们重点介绍了公共档案和私人档案的法律要求，定义“档案事项”的标准，信息自由权与其他权利（例如隐私权），规则之间的平衡。关于消除档案材料，以及选择保留哪些记录的义务，我们想知道这些法律要求如何影响存储过程。利用这种记忆驱动的分析，该研究揭示了法律和法规影响“社会记忆”的机制。通过将有关法规和内存世界的讨论置于档案法规的屋檐下，我们提供了对存储过程，这些过程中法规的力量以及档案在其中的作用的新颖理解。