Development of archives and records management strategies in the context of national information policies

In archives and records management processes, as in other areas of life, new methods and approaches have emerged that have changed the dimensions with innovative technological developments. In order to realise these approaches within the scope of management processes, it is necessary to make plans. The National Archives Institution legally carries out archive and document management planning on a national scale in Türkiye. In order to prepare these strategic plans, the approaches in the top policy documents are taken as basis. In this study, it has been tried to determine the approaches to archives and records management in the top policy documents. In order to identify these approaches, Voyant Tools, an online-based text mining platform, was used. Frequency distribution of keywords related to archiving and records management was determined by content analysis method. When the findings were evaluated, it was concluded that these approaches are not included in a prominent and continuous manner. A strategic model was proposed at the end of the study by analysing the current situation regarding archives and records management, analysing top policy documents and examining international examples of strategic studies.