Conservação em acervos fonográficos: preservar para não restaurar

Abstract

The present paper aims to analyze the process of conservation and preservation of phonographic collections, as well as its characteristics, bringing a brief historic of its emergence while a documentary support. The methodology consists of a bibliographic survey based on the search for theoretical contributions, in order to comprehend phonographic collections, as well as questions that involve their conservation and preservation. The research was divided into two stages, which were characterized as exploratory and descriptive, making use of qualitative approach. By means of the bibliographic survey, it was noted that the supports have their specificities in relation to the care and the conservation procedures. This way, it is important the knowledge of these specificities in order to trace ways of conservation of the information registered in these supports. In relation to the acetate and shellac discs, it was noted a bigger fragility of them, requiring even more specific care. As for technology, it becomes allied to the preservation and access of organic information registered in sound documents, constituting in an auxiliary instrument in the maintenance and register of sound information. Before this scenario, it is concluded that the presented recommendations are fundamental to prolong the information registered in phonographic collections.