1. Receiving and Collecting Task Archive Library emphasizes on the receiving task since the foundation of the library, which is considered very important and basic. The archives were received by the Archive Library in May, 1996 and August, 2001. Now it has record storage of 27, 823 volumes, including 5,009 volumes records of the closed institution of the former Panjin State Farm, 19, 708 volumes of the actual institutions and 3,096 volumes of bankrupted enterprises. In order to demonstrate the local feature of the archive library, it puts a lot of effort on completing and enriching the archival data. It extends the collecting scope and depth and set up a collecting system in the city. In recent years, it has collected more than 2,000 photographs, approximately 100 audio and video cassettes, 95 honorary awards objects, and about 1, 500 books. Among the collection, there are the maps of the Japan-Kuomintang period donated by an old man who is almost 80 year-old; photos reflected the development of Panjin in certain historical period and the certificates and awards banners and tablets that demonstrated the establishment of Panjin.
2. Sorting and Cataloging Task According to the actual condition of the archive quality, Archive library carried out the check and ratification of the whole short term no. I to VI files of the Panjin State Farm (region) record. 207 volumes, over 5,000 documents were checked. And the index of the Panjin State Farm (region) record and the record after the establishment of Panjin City are separated into long term and short term. All the inconsequential check instruments after the establishment of city were corrected and changed cover. About 400 covers were changed. The tidying up mentioned above not only standardize the records of the archive library, make sure it could be utilized more conveniently, but also facilitate the modernization management and public access to the archive library.
3. Managing and Maintaining Task The archive library earnestly adheres to the requirement of enhancing the security of archive maintenance by State Archives of China and China Central Archive Bureau, makes the storeroom fire fighting system and issues The Fire Fighting Operation Regulation of Panjin Archive Bureau. It strictly carries out the responsibility system of security and confidentiality of the archives; reinforces the management of the storeroom so as to avoid the potential fire risk and ensure the integrity and security of the records. The leaders of the Bureau (Library) manage to get about 10,000 RMB from the municipal finance to buy fire extinguisher and dehumidification equipment, and to install security equipment, such as security windows, security doors and gobo. All these efforts guarantee the security and reliability of the archive maintenance.
4. Developing and Utilizing Task Taking the hot and important work of the society into consideration the Archive Bureau strengthens the development and utilization of the archive data, provides the public with the access to the original and processed records data and tries its best to give the society good service of utilizing archive. In recent years, the Archive Bureau compiled more than 10 research materials, totally about 200,000 characters, such as The Record of Appoint and Remove of the Cadres with Rank above vice County Magistrate (Chu) and The Name List of the “Wu Qi” Soldiers in Panjin State Farm (Region). From 1998 to 2000, the Archive Bureau received more than 2,000 people and provided more than 5,000 volumes of records data. It made certain contribution to the research and reference, history and will compilation, policy implement and dissension arbitration.
5. Modernization Management Task In order to improve the utilization service and accelerate the pace of modernization and digitalization, the leaders of the Archive Bureau applies many times from the leaders of Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government for updating the equipment and employing persons with ability. More than 100,000 RMB was invested in buying modern equipment, such as computers, laser printer, printer, exchanger and scanner, which render to the construction of the records network.