The Municipality of Pljevlja will cede office space in the building of former socio-political organizations in the city center to the State Archives of Montenegro for use, which will provide better conditions for performing archival activities in Pljevlja.
State Archives of Montenegro - and for the normal functioning of the Archive Department in Pljevlja.
"Bearing in mind that the activities performed by the Archives Department in Pljevlje are in the public interest, and that better spatial conditions are needed for the performance of these activities, the President of the Municipality Igor Golubović, in cooperation with the competent bodies of the local administration, proposed to the State Archives of Montenegro that they be transferred to them for the use of office space in the building of former socio-political organizations, which is functionally connected with the space now used by the Archive Department in Pljevlja", it was stated in the proposal of the decision on giving the use of office space to the State Archives of Montenegro.
The office space of 201 square meters is located on the ground floor of the building.
From the State Archives, they thanked the Municipality of Pljevlja for their understanding, considering that in this way, conditions will be created for better performance of archival activities in Pljevlja.
Until now, the State Archives has used 112 square meters of office space in this building, and mutual rights and obligations based on the use of this office space will be regulated by the Agreement on Delimitation of Costs, which the Municipality of Pljevlja concludes every year with the Property Administration of Montenegro, based on the use of business premises by state administration bodies and services founded by the state, and over which the municipality of Pljevlja has the right of disposal", the explanation of the decision states.
The state archive in Pljevlje is located on the ground floor of the building in which the premises of RTV Pljevlja were also located in the basement, which burned down in a fire in May 2018.
A large amount of water was used to extinguish the fire, which poured into the premises of the Archives in Pljevlja. Thanks to the resourcefulness and quick reaction of the employees, valuable archival material has been preserved.
"Cubes of water fell into our premises. There was half a meter of water in my office. We also managed to save that not a single material was damaged. About fifteen days ago, we just got electricity. And we worked under such conditions, and not a single party was deprived and could use archival material, which is kept in our depot", said the head of the Archives Department in Pljevlja Vukomir Brajović. GM
Brajović: We will equip the reading room and open a new depot
The head of the Archive Department in Pljevlja, Vukomir Brajović, told "Vijesta" that after they get additional space, the conditions for carrying out archival activities will be significantly better.
He said that currently around 40 funds of archival material are located in a depot measuring 75 square meters.
"We are a large municipality, and these days new people are arriving. If they did not get space, they would practically have nowhere to store it. When we get the space, we plan to equip the depot in order to have space to store archival material in the coming years. We will also equip a reading room so that our users can view archive material on the spot," said Brajović.
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