Conexões entre arquivo, biblioteca e museu: similaridade das atividades profissionais e colaboração entre instituições O Arquivo Público Mineiro, a Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luís de Bessa e o Museu Mineiro

Abstract

This study aimed to analyzing the institutional relationship among Archives, Libraries and Museums with the purpose of identifying possible relations of similarity among their professional activities, as well as determining how these connections influence the mutual cooperation process. The fact that there is a global movement of connectivity among museums, libraries and archives in order to promoting and developing strategic and policies of inter-institutional collaboration focused on knowledge sharing, saving financial and human resources, common funding policies, promotion of institutional good practices; all of it has encouraged the rapprochement among the three areas and a growth can be noticed, especially in the last two decades, in interdisciplinarity, partnerships and institutional collaborations with the purpose of providing a more comprehensive service with higher quality. Aiming to respond to the research issue and achieving the objectives, a methodological path was traced based in the productive intersection of the three institutions (archive, library and museum) and clarified through the three empirical objects, from three contexts: 1 The similarity relations among the activities and professional profiles of the three areas (Archive, Library and Museum) listed on the Brazilian Classification of Occupations - CBO 4.0.2 of 2002 and manuals of the three areas. 2 - Explanation of similarity relation among activities and professional profiles and possibilities for mutual cooperation of the three areas through the investigated institutions. 3 - Historical literature research to understand the developments of Archives, Libraries and Museums over time and their proximity and distance relationship. To examine the several sources of information supporting this research, a triangulation of methods was used in a combination of methods and quantitative, qualitative and interpretive techniques. The result of this research showed a historical proximity among Archives, Libraries and Museums since their origin, including sharing the same institutional space, which is also a contemporary trend. It was found that there is great similarity among some professional activities, 70.7% for Archivists, 79.5% for Librarians and 79.7% for Museum Experts. Regarding the institutions: 70.6% of similar activities for the Public Archives of Minas Gerais, 81.7% for Public State Library Luis de Bessa and 73.2% for Museum of Minas Gerais (Museu Mineiro). The activities with the highest concentration of similarity relate to activities: Manage units, networks and information systems - 11.8%, preservation of collections - 8.0%, planning technical and administrative activities - 7.1%, Demonstrating personal skills 6.1%, Providing access to information - 5.7 %, Developing information resources - 5.2%, Preparing educational and/or cultural activities - 5.2%. As to the level of cooperation among the institutions under analysis, institutional questionnaires showed that cooperation exists, however, on a simple interaction (cooperation) level.