Policies for the preservation of digital records: reports of experiences of Brazilian Higher Education Institutions in the constitution of the document: relatos de experiências de Instituições de Ensino Superior brasileiras na constituição do documento

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Luciana Gonçalves Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Aganette, Elisângela Cristina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/111677
• topic: Preservation of digital records; Digital preservation policies; Digital records; Digital preservation in Higher Education Institutions; Preservação de documentos arquivísticos digitais; Políticas de preservação digital; Documentos arquivísticos digitais; Preservação digital em Instituições de Ensino Superior

The production of documents in digital format includes a series of actions to be developed by the producing institutions regarding the authenticity, reliability and preservation of the contents. The records are source of proof of organizational activities, need to be preserved correctly, for guarantee their future access. Preservation actions require planning and investment by organizations, which need to be supported by a well-founded document that includes the objectives and guidelines to be adopted: the policy for the preservation of digital records. This document, already known by most professionals, is not yet adopted in most Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. This article presents experiences of four Brazilian HEIs that have a policy of preserving digital records. This article presents the results obtained from semi-structured interviews conducted with the managers responsible for the constitution and submission of the document for approval by the senior management of the HEIs. This article sought to identify actions and good practices to be developed by HEIs that have not yet started the process of constituting this document, which is essential to the planning and implementation of digital preservation actions in the organization.