In October 1962, the first deliberations of the Archival Association of Slovenia took place in Novo
Mesto. General issues of the archival services in the country were discussed. The meeting concerned
the improvement of the material conditions and staff situation of the archives, local archives network,
organisational basis for the publication of the archive sources, publication of the history of the
administrative judicial system in Slovenia, action to determine and preserve the private archives,
Slovene Archives Guide and the acquisition of microfilms from Trieste. This paper discusses how the
findings and conclusions of the deliberations were carried out and how they affected the development
of the archive service in Slovenia.