Panorama da atuação do profissional arquivista

Abstract

Aims to show the role of the archivist professional in the ambit of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, as from the duties established by Brazilian Federal Law n. 6546/78, which rules this profession, and by the principles of the Political Pedagogical Project – PPP of the Archivology degree course from UFPB; lists the skills and abilities required of this professional; analyzes the curriculum of the degree course; presents the profile of the professional; points out the facilities and the barriers found in the doing of the archivology and the conditions of the institution's archives. As of these points, the present study offers suggestions for improvements and adjustments, required at the exercise of the profession. It is a study of exploratory and descriptive nature. The research is characterized as a bibliographic, field research, both quantitative and qualitative. The data

collection instruments were direct observation and a form with multiple- choice and open questions; the researcher conducted the interview by

asking such questions and noting the interviewee's answers. The subjects of this research are the archivists that occupy this function at UFPB Campus I. The results analysis identified the workableness and the barriers found by the archivist in its professional performance at UFPB Campus I, and allowed an enumeration of their claims and suggestions in order to meet the demands of an efficient Archives management.