Avaliação arquivística aplicada a acervos fotográficos: estudo de caso na Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Abstract

The photographic collection of Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) contains image of important events of the trajectory of academic and administrative institution. It is a set of documents produced and accumulated by the University in carrying out their activities and functions. The object of analysis of this work are the photographs that are in the custody of Archives an History Center of the University. The objective of this research was to analyze the relevance of evaluation applied to archival photographic collection of UFV. The specific objectives were to examine ways to evaluate the photographic UFV's the way it is organized today; remove obstacles faced by archivists to conduct the evaluation in the photographic and propose alternatives for organizing photos, considering the archival procedures. This work identified two obstacles, currently found in the photographic collection of the UFV, which prevented the assessment document. They are: lack of context of the production of photographic records in relation to other documents of the fund and the absence of treatment guided by organic documentary. Through this study could contribute to the work of the documentary made at UFV.