The role of the institutional memory for university management: contributions for the consolidation of UMMA in UFSCar

• Autor(a) principal: Prado, Samanta do
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gracioso, Luciana de Souza, Costa, Luzia Sigoli Fernandes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/35410
• topic: University Management; Institutional Memory; Federal Universities; Gestión Universitaria; Memoria Institucional; Universidades Federales; Gestão Universitária; Memória Institucional; Universidades Federais

Introduction: This paper proposes possible relations between university management and memory. More specifically, it highlights the contribution of Institutional Memory (MI) as a relevant element to sustain management actions. The Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), in the context of consolidating its information, communication and memory policy, created in 2017 the Multidisciplinary Memory and Historical Archives Unit. This initiative exemplifies the value of safeguarding Institutional Memory by university management. Objective: The objective of this research is to reflect on the elements that can subsidize the identification and safeguarding of MI, in view of the consolidation of UMMA in UFSCar. Methodology: The methodology adopted was bibliographic, documentary and exploratory. Three types of sources were analyzed: (1) the scientific literature on the subject; (2) institutional documents of UFSCar related to the memory policy and the creation of UMMA; and (3) information on the institutional sites of a set of Brazilian federal universities, regarding the safeguarding of IM. Results: The main elements were: nomenclature, link and collections. The initiatives identified have different nomenclatures, and are linked to different sectors of universities. The collections linked to the IM are varied in format and support. Conclusions: The results obtained illustrate possible contributions to the consolidation of UMMA, as well as this as reference to other universities, demonstrating how the safeguard of the IM can contribute to the creation of strategies linked to the development of the institution.