檔案是人類智慧的結晶，亦是歷史與知識的寶庫，具有行政稽憑、法律信證、史料供證及學術研究的價值。倘能有效開發推廣運用，辦理各項檔案推廣活動，藉以宣揚檔案內所存在的知識與價值，喚起社會大眾對檔案的重視與瞭解，進而達到應用檔案的目的，則是實現檔案功能與價值的重方法。 本研究首先透過「文獻分析法」彙整探討有關檔案推廣的意義、目的、途徑等基礎理論，以及探析美國、英國、加拿大等五國檔案推廣的現況。其次以「訪談法」訪問我國檔案管理局、國史館、國史館台灣文獻館、中央研究院近代史研究所胡適紀念館、教育部、外交部、中國國民黨黨史館、上海商業儲蓄銀行等單位，以瞭解各單位檔案推廣之情形。再其次透過少量「問卷調查法」，從訪談單位中的四個單位，抽樣調查曾參與檔案推廣活動之使用者，分析探討其參與經驗與心得、建議。最後以「比較法」將我國與英美等五國有關檔案推廣的項目作一分析比較，歸納出各國具有特色及最常使用之推廣項目，進而導出最適合我國檔案推廣之策略。 根據本研究調查結果提出六點結論：(一)檔案推廣為各檔案管理單位施政目標之一；(二)特殊的節慶日為檔案推廣最佳時機；(三)檔案推廣確實可達預期之效益；(四)網路推廣已成為時代潮流；(五)策略聯盟及招募志工為解決困境的最佳途徑；(六)檔案推廣的項目應更多元化及生活化。 針對前項研究結果提出七項建議：(一)擴大整合社會資源與志工招募；(二)推動全國性的檔案週/月活動；(三)加強培養學童時期檔案的觀念；(四)強化檔案網路推廣及網站內容；(五)加強充實質量兼優的館藏資源；(六)積極創意發展檔案之附加價值；(七)積極輔導單位建置史料陳列室。 / Archives are the accumulation of human wisdom and the treasury of history and knowledge. They are used for administrative, legal, historical and academic purposes. In order to allow the public to know the full capacity and value of archives, there should be archival promotions so that their importance is seen and understood by all. This research compiles archival promotion theories, such as meaning, purpose and channel, through literature analysis to delve into the status quo of current archival promotion in five countries including the US, England, and Canada. This research also conducts interview surveys of the National Archives Administration, Academia Historica, Taiwan Historica of Academia Historica and Academia Sinica, Hu Shih Memorial Hall of the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State History Office of The Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, Ltd., to gain an understanding of archival promotion practiced by each unit. Through questionnaire surveys, this research adopts a sampling survey of users from four units receiving the interviews who once participated in archival promotion activities, analyzing and exploring their participation experience, to obtain their feedback and suggestions. Finally, this research uses a comparison method to analyze and compare archival promotion practices in Taiwan with those of the preceding five countries, to further induce the most characteristic and frequently used promotional items as well as to find adequate strategies suitable for Taiwan’s archival promotion. The research results include six conclusions: (1) Archival promotion is one of the administrative goals implemented by each unit in charge of the national archives administration; (2) Special festivals and holidays are the best occasions for archival promotion; (3) Archival promotion can achieve expected benefits; (4) Internet promotion has become a trend; (5) Strategic alliance and recruitment of volunteers is the best solution channels to a predicament; and (6) Archival promotion should be diverse and practiced in daily life. These findings thus propose the following seven suggestions: (1) Expand the integration of social resources and volunteer recruitment; (2) Promote national archives weekly/monthly activities; (3) Strengthen the cultivation of school children’s archival concept; (4) Strengthen the promotion of archival internet and website contents; (5) Strengthen the collections and resources that meet both quality and quantity demands; (6) Develop archival value-added actively and creatively; and (7) Actively assist the related units in establishing a historical sources exhibition room.

Despite the importance of the visibility and accessibility of public archives repositories, various scholars agreed that these repositories in eastern and southern Africa are not known to and are accessed by few people. This study utilised the concept of soft power as a framework to examine the visibility and accessibility of public archives repositories in South Africa with the view to suggest ways to enhance it. A quantitative approach, informed by post-positivist paradigm was employed, using questionnaires, interviews, content analysis and observation of landmarks to collect data. Public archives repositories in South Africa, Friends of Archives, legislation, annual reports, and landmarks were the universe of analysis whereas archivists working in public programming sections, deputy director of Friends of archives, 2012 to 2016 annual reports, archival legislation, social media links and the public display signage of the Limpopo, Mpumalanga, National Archives and Records Services of South Africa (NARSSA), National Film, Video and Sound Archives (NFVSA), served as a unit of analysis or source of information. The study revealed that collaboration with a good partner, especially civil society, was a key for successful public programming at the lowest cost. Whereas the KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Western Cape landmarks are visible, the study found that NARSSA, NFVSA, Free State, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North-West and Eastern Cape archives repositories could not easily draw potential users to archives. Furthermore, only Northern Cape and Western Cape provincial archive are active on social media through their departments. The study recommended a visibility and accessibility framework that will provide a foundation and insight on how best public archives could develop and implement integrated and yet impactful public programming activities with less expenses. / Information Science / M. Inf. (Information Science)