Repositório institucional: um olhar para a preservação e o acesso aos documentos de memória histórico-institucional do Colégio Pedro II

Abstract

Presents a study on institutional repository dedicated to the issues concerning the preservation and access to digital documents. Reveals the emergence of institutional repositories in the world movement in favour of open access to scientific information as a tool for strategic technology management, storage, dissemination, preservation and access to the intellectual output of educational institutions and research and its scientific communities. Specifically highlights the Pedro II College which is a traditional public education institution throughout its history of 175 years of existence has produced historical documents which refer to the teaching activities and the daily life of the school administration and depict the history of Brazilian education. The institution maintains important collections and at all times increases the production of research papers that must be preserved, made available and have guaranteed access in the future. In this way, has been investing resources and developing projects for the preservation of institutional memory. The research pointed out the institutional repositories as a feasible way to make free access to the intellectual production of educational institutions, increase the visibility of research works and ensure the preservation of digital documents