Guam § 87130 - Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan.

§ 87130. Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan.

(a) There is established the ‘Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan’ or ‘Guam

Archives’ (‘Sagan Rikuetdo’) as a Program Division within the

Corporation. Sagan Rikuetdo is the official depository for all government

publications including any printed or processed paper, book, periodical,

pamphlet or map, originating in, or printed with the imprint of, or at the

expense and by the authority of the government of Guam. Sagan

Rikuetdo is the official depository of those public records and other

papers not in current use by the Executive, Judicial and Legislative

Branches of the government of Guam and have been determined by

Sagan Rikuetdo to have sufficient legal, historical or other value to

warrant their continued preservation by the government of Guam. Sagan

Rikuetdo shall also be the custodian of non-governmental historical

records that contain significant information about the past or present, and

are therefore worthy of long-term preservation and systematic

management for historical or other research purposes.

(b) Definitions. As used in this Article, unless otherwise indicated:

(1) Sagan Rikuetdo means the Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan or the

Guam Archives;

(2) Guam Archivist means the person employed and directed by

Mas Ge’Hilo’ to administer the Guam Archives as its

Atmenestradot/dora;

(3) Governmental Publications means all print or non-print

materials produced and disseminated by any government entity;

(4) Government Records means public records, including, all

vital statistics (births and deaths), marriage records, deeds, probate

records, court records, departmental records, gubernatorial papers,

letters, maps, books, photographs, administrative files, sound

recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing

records, computer memory, electronic government information

products, or documentary materials, regardless of physical form or

characteristics, made or received pursuant to law, rule or regulation,

in connection with the transaction of official business by an agency

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or officer of government; and

(5) Significant Non-Governmental Records means diaries,

memoirs, correspondence, church records, Bible records, cemetery

records, business records, and organizational and institutional

records.

(c) (1) Purpose. In cooperation with libraries, museums, historical

societies, government agencies, genealogical societies, businesses

and citizens, the purpose of Sagan Rikuetdo is to insure the retention

and preservation of our documentary heritage. As the official

repository and custodian of historical government and non-

government records of Guam, Sagan Rikuetdo is mandated to

acquire, preserve and make available for public use, records relating

to the cultural and documentary heritage of Guam. However,

nothing herein shall constitute authority to take possession of

privately owned document(s) in the possession of the R. F. Taitano

Micronesian Area Research Center, or any non-governmental entity

without consent of that person or entity.

(2) Sagan Rikuetdo shall foster research on the records in its

inventory and shall disseminate the results of this and other research

to the public through media as public exhibitions, demonstrations,

lectures, scholarly activities, television programs, publications and

other public programs contributing to and encouraging public

enlightenment.