Afirmacija i popularizacija arhiva kroz arhivski normativizam na prostorima bivše SFRJ
Affirmation and popularization of archives through arhival norms in former SFRY

Summary/Abstract: The main pillar of the successful archival activity in every country is an archival legislation. Regulation and application of archival legislature leads to building a network of archival institutions, record management system, protection, evaluation and use of archive material. Regulations in Yugoslavia were frequently modified due to frequent alteration of the Constitution, an obligatory act for all relevant entities (Federal State and Republic) that had to, in due course, harmonize the legislation, archival as well, with the Constitution. The first federal statutory regulation passed in the Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia after the Second World War was the General Law on State Archives, adopted on January 23, 1950, designed to protect all of the „historical and archive material“ throughout FPRY. Since than, more than a hunderd regulations were passed in Yugoslavia due to frequent alteration of the Constitution and Laws. Following the adoption of the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1974, system of archival protection is transfered to the jurisdiction of the Republic and the number of regulations from the archival legislation became very numerous. Disintegration of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and thus thecreation of new internationally, and mutually, recognized countries created the new archival legislation. Frequent modification of regulations primarily imply the need to define place, role and importance of archival materials as well as institutions keeping it, in the basic provisions of substantive law. The author of this article gives some suggestions and initiatives on how to inform the public about the importance of Archives and archival materials, using the analisys of archive normativism.

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