As práticas de avaliação de documentos nos arquivos federais da Alemanha

Abstract

Several discussions, of theoretical, practical and methodological order, have been produced on document appraisal in different countries. Germany, which has a long tradition in the area of Archives, makes a notable contribution to appraisal, although the literature it produces in other languages about its experience is limited. This work aims to discuss the appraisal of documents within the Federal Archives of Germany (Bundesarchiv). It is justified by expanding the archival information of a country with a rich production on archives, but little disseminated outside it. The research is part of an ongoing doctoral study. It is characterized by being qualitative and exploratory. The methodology used included the bibliographic research and the structured interview was used as a data collection technique. It was found that there are different approaches in the spheres of public administration, which confirms that studying the appraisal function is not a simple task to think about, much less to practice, but that it is essential to know and debate about other ways of executing it. It both at different structural / organizational levels and as a function of different historical contexts.