Arquivos universitários de entidades públicas de ensino superior do Rio de Janeiro: estudo de caso dos arquivos da UFRJ e UNIRIO

Abstract

Analysis of university archives based on the research into the center archives from two federal universities representative in municipality of Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e UNIRIO Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro with a main goal: The analysis, the identification of their functions, flow and information systems. The theoretical framework was based on grounds of Information Science and assumptions of the theory of Archival, in addition to files of the relevant legislation. Definitions and concepts of documents and information state the different approaches and also the confluence between Information Science and Archival, in their interdisciplinary features and are supplemented by file, scientific files and university archives concepts, which are focus of research and also addressed as institutional memory. Case study with questionnaires, interviews and visits to the files studied, with emphasis on human resources, collections, organization and document management system, information retrieval, access and use of documents and information products and services and files. The results show adherence to existing national legislation, the institutionalization of the activities of two university archives, concern about the Archival staff training, expansion of the staff of archivists and actions for digital world inclusion, the evolutionary process of the university archives studied