Assistant Professor Yusuke Ohki

Research interests

Archival science, Recordkeeping

Background

Education
March 2008: BA, Department of Historical Studies, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Prefectural University
March 2013: MA, Graduate Course in Archival Science, Graduate School of Humanities, Gakushuin University

Career
June 2010: staff of city history compilation section, Hachioji City
April 2013: Archivist, Osaka Prefecture
July 2014: staff of Archival Affairs, Bank of Japan Archives
April 2016: Archivist, Musashino Historical Museum, Musashino City
April 2017: Archivist, Koto City
April 2019: Junior Specialist for Archival Affairs, National Archives of Japan
April 2021: Specialist for Archival Affairs, National Archives of Japan

Academic societies

-Documentary Film Preservation Center (Kiroku Eiga Hozon Center)
-Japan Society for Archival Science
-The Records Management Society of Japan
-Society of American Archivists

Publications

Articles
“A Study on the Function and Role of the Recordkeeper in the Records Management: The Case of State Public Records Act in Australia” (GCAS Report, No. 5, 2016)
“The consideration of the role of the archivist as a profession: learning from Terry Cook’s paper” (Gakushuin University Studies in Humanities, No. 25, 2016)
“What Are the Roles of Recordkeeping and Recordkeepers in Accountability: From the Viewpoint of the Public Records Act in Australasia” (Journal of the Japanese Society for Archival Science, No. 29, 2018)
“Who protects the records? ―Some archival issues raised in Armstrong vs. Executive Office of the President” (GCAS report, No. 8, 2019; co-author)
“A study on recordkeeping standard and, monitoring and audit: the case of Public Records Act in Australasia” (GCAS report, No. 8, 2019)
“Review of the Public Records Management of the Japanese Government: An Analysis of the Reports on Public Records and Archives Management and Administrative Document File Management Registers” (Journal of the Records Management Society of Japan, No. 77, 2019; co-author)
“Appraisal procedures in International Standards and the practice in Archives New Zealand” (Journal of the Records Management Society of Japan, No. 80, 2021)