Políticas de gestão de acervos, instrumentos auxiliares na tomada de decisão: análises de documentos disponibilizados por museus brasileiros na Web

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the collection management policies made available through the web by the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz and Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, to understand how this documents present the information about collection management activities and how it shows the association with the decision-making processes. Concepts and themes such as information management, information sources, decision-making models, musealization, collection management and collection management policies are presented in order to analyze and correlate them. An initial diagnosis of dissemination of collections management policies for Brazilian museums was made to understand the national situation for the dissemination of this kind of document. It was concluded that the analyzed documents presented interrelations between the processes, alluding to the connections between them and the role of each one in activities of collection management, emphasizing their complementarity for an efficient and effective collections management system. In addition, the policies presented different approaches on collections management processes, disseminating information about decision-making criteria and procedural steps of collection management. Finally, it was observed that the preservation theme was evident in the composition of the text of the collection management policies and in the value of the processes that are components of the musealization of cultural assets.