A avaliação de documentos digitais em uma empresa de consultoria em arquivos

Abstract

The digital records are revealed challenges for the area archival today, especially as regards the treatment given to them. The success of appropriate treatment depends in large part, on record management applied to those records in digital media. Within the context of record management has to records appraisal, a procedure that ensures rationalization of facilitating access to information. This work presents a descriptive research, qualitative approach, of study the appraisal of digital records in a consulting company archives. Through research investigates itself from the content analysis and technical analysis of whether the procedures adopted are of according to archival theory in the area. To this end, employees of consulting company completed a questionnaire and had their organizational environment observed in order to identify the position archival regarding the appraisal of the digital records. The results demonstrate the absence of some procedures based on principies and methods archival relating to appraisal of digital records conducted by consulting company, need, therefore, adjust procedures to better serve its customers.