Palekha U. Culture of Records Keeping in Contemporary Ukrainian Institutions: Beginning, Technology, Managerial Arrangements

The dissertation paper has described principles that form the culture of record management as a category which allows, effectively, taking into account the tenden-cies of real development, to assure perfect documentation of The dissertation paper has described principles that form the culture of record management as a category which allows, effectively, taking into account the tenden-cies of real development, to assure perfect documentation of managerial support. The paper determined and explained the fundamental components of the culture of record management: culture and regulatory culture of documentation, culture of document circulation, informational and technologic culture, culture of record management ser-vices and culture of their supervision, all these were shown in interconnection, and as topical problems of modern days. This work developed and detailed the organizational side of record keeping culture with its relevant characteristics, starting from conception of the strategy for implementation at an enterprise a comprehensive system of document management supporting its activities. The paper has proved that the practical solutions of tasks de-voted to appropriate levels of record management culture in contemporary institu-tions are possible due to training of highly qualified record management specialists. Key words: culture of records keeping, documentation, document circulation, documentation support, managerial support.