Faculty of Law of Recife Library : contributions of the Preservation Policy to the safeguarding of documentary memory

Abstract

The present experience report presents the contributions that the adoption of a preservation policy brought to the routine of activities developed in the Special Collection of the Library of the Faculty of Law of Recife. The implementation of the policy was built to meet the needs of access, use and conservation of old, rare and valuable works, some of which belong to the founding collection. Emphasizes that the preservation policy, in the perspective of Information Science and Memory studies, goes beyond the use of techniques by incorporating an institution-al posture that enables both access and use of information without losing sight of the conservation of the documentary supports of memory. It describes the selection, conservation, cataloging/inventory and digitalization actions that systematized make up an instrument for safe-guarding and managing collections necessary to maintain access and use of information in a public university library. Highlights the relevance of the records on the activities performed for documentation, as a complementary way to the conservation procedures, since it can subsidize future actions.