Access to Memory e a Arquitetura da Informação: um estudo de Software AtoM no Portal Estadual do Patrimônio Documental de Pernambuco

Abstract

The enhancement of permanent archival documents for dissemination and digital preservation takes place through appropriate software for management, access, and archiving. Information Architecture provides subsidies for the design and construction of digital environments on the web and beyond the web. The present study is directed to the open-source software Access to Memory, acronym AtoM, as a tool for archival description based on international standards of description, having as research field the Portal Estadual do Patrimônio Documental de Pernambuco. It aims to analyze the resources of Information Architecture in the Portal Estadual do Patrimônio Documental de Pernambuco, operated by AtoM. Methodologically, it is a bibliographical and exploratory research, with a qualitative approach. As for nature, it is applied research. The analysis indicates that the Portal externalizes archival information from the state heritage of Pernambuco, but it can improve navigation, search, usability, and accessibility. It recommends that: the Portal is constantly fed with digital objects and that pages without titles and without results are avoided; necessary to direct the Portal to the dissemination of its digital objects; need to review accessibility from the Access Monitor tool. It considers that the Portal team reflects on the analysis carried out in this research for the improvement of the environment.