Proteção dos profissionais e preservação de acervos arquivísticos em tempos de COVID-19

Abstract

We are experiencing changes in daily life due to the pandemic of COVID-19, in this sense, archives and other Information Units were forced to create strategies aimed at the safety of their employees in resuming face-to-face activities. In the meantime, the present article has the general objective of discussing the relevance of the biosafety of archival professionals, as well as, the preservation of archival archives in COVID-19 times. From a methodological point of view, the research is characterized as a qualitative bibliographic research. At the end of the research, it is concluded that the Information Units must understand the relevance of biosafety actions, to safeguard their professionals. Furthermore, it is also evident the need to preserve the collections as a preventive measure, since the degradation agents can cause even more damage to the health of professionals. Finally, the proposal for a recommendation for the operation of archives in a pandemic scenario also stands out.