O sistema de gerenciamento térmico CLIMUS e o Arquivo Público Mineiro: sua implantação e uso como meio para a estabilização climática

Abstract

This paper analyzes the implementation and use of “CLIMUS”, a thermal management system, used in Public Archives of Minas Gerais (APM). In order to understand the institution's trajectory up to the present moment, we made use of a brief historical survey of its creation process, actions of guarding values and maintaining the documental collection. We analyzed APM’s creation and the first decades of its existence, when Xavier da Veiga was an important character of this institution. Also, we aimed to understand his preservation activities in the routine of the Archive and the actions used to safeguard the collection and custody of physical supports that will guide the construction of public memory about the state of Minas Gerais. We also provide a brief overview of the development of research on climate control and the concepts of conservation / preservative conservation and its influence on the preservationist perspective for the contextualization of institutional decision-making in this area. Finally, we discuss the implementation of the "CLIMUS" in the APM, from its first uses to the changes in the structure of the building, which was resulted from studies about this system. This study aims to verify the main benefits from the implementation of the "CLIMUS" in the institution, seeking to compare the preservation conditions of the collection before and after its installation. In addition, we discuss the possible difficulties encountered during the use of "CLIMUS", presenting the current situation of use by the APM. Indirectly, this dissertation aimed to make an historical journey of the installation and use of the "CLIMUS" in the Public Archives of Minas Gerais a research the institution itself had not yet developed. In a complementary way, this dissertation also points out the importance of organizing the documents in order to recover information.