A importância do estágio para o fortalecimento da vida acadêmica: relato de experiência no arquivo da Superintendência de Obras do Plano de Desenvolvimento do Estado da Paraíba

Abstract

The main purpose of the internship is to give the student the possibility of putting into practice a good part of the theory absorbed in the classroom, it is a stage that prepares the student for professional life, empowering him, as well as enabling him to face the challenges of the future profession. This article deals with an experience report on an internship based on archival practices and aims to highlight the importance of the internship for strengthening academic and professional life, as well as reflecting on the internship experience as a positive contribution in the formation of a professional archivist. This is a descriptive study and reports the experience lived in the archive of the Superintendence of Works of the Development Plan of the State of Paraíba in a period of sixteen months of non-mandatory internship, where the institutional reality of this archive was shown, as well as its way of functioning, its structural characteristics and through an archival diagnosis it was possible to propose some improvements for that archive. In addition to reporting the experience, the article also aims to reflect on how the internship experience can positively contribute to the formation of a professional archivist.