강원지역 고문서 조사⋅정리의 현황과 과제

Abstract

This thesis examined the processes of researching and organizing old manuscripts of Gangwon region, and also discussed the matters to be modified/complemented. The research and organization of old manuscripts of Gangwon region have been performed in four stages from the 1980s to a recent date. First, in the 1980s, the Office of Cultural Properties conducted the General Survey on Old Books of Korea to understand the actual conditions of privately-owned old books while there was also a research on the old manuscripts of Gangwon region. Second, with the increased interest in local history since the 1990s, the researches on old manuscripts were started by local researchers. Third, around 2010, a research on the old manuscripts was performed based on the support from the Academy of Korean Studies. Fourth, with the support from the Academy of Korean Studies, the Korean Studies Center for Gangwon Area has been built up since 2015. Like this, the research and organization of old manuscripts of Gangwon region have achieved the desired results by researchers’ efforts. However, in order to take a major step forward, it would be necessary to modify/complement some matters like research, organization, and web-service as follows. First, the research of old manuscripts should follow the principle of complete survey, on top of recording the state of preservation and the process of transmission of old manuscripts that could be only verified in holding institutions. Second, it would be needed to strengthen the researches on the region with the relatively-less frequency of research, and also to establish the measures for continuing the researches on old manuscripts. Third, the release completed by the Gangwon Center should be easy for readers to understand the necessary information. Fourth, in case when the documents with the same characters/forms are repeated, the efficiency should be promoted by improving the method of description. Fifth, the web-service should be reorganized, so that the classification items of old manuscripts are largely expanded and the multi-layered optional classification could be done. Sixth, the functions to provide/download the whole lists of key information about old manuscripts should be added.