Memória e gestão: construindo um modelo de política de preservação e conservação de documentos para bibliotecas

Abstract

This work had as general objective: to analyze the development policy of the collections of the Library Public University of Paraíba UFPB, with focus on the preservation and conservation of documents. Specifically wanted: to discuss the importance of the preservation and conservation of documents for the libraries; check the importance of policies of preservation of information libraries; propose a model of a policy of preservation and conservation of documents that may be applied in libraries analyzed. The methodology used was the qualitative approach, a descriptive, exploratory and documentary. And had as its focus, development policies of collections of UFPB. The data collection was performed directly in the institution, and the material was collected in loco. The analysis was performed by means of the remarks made about the positive and negative points, comparing the policy of the institution with the National Library, our parameter. The results obtained showed that the lack of development policies of collections, and by the absence of preservation and conservation in the same, this can bring consequences wilt and harmful to collections, the lack of these policies, especially addressing the question of the preservation and conservation of its collections are very worrying, because these action plans should be explicit in this document. It is recommended that the libraries, develop a policy of development of collections, and deploy a policy of preservation and conservation in the same, aiming to extend the life of its collection.