Documentos e informações audiovisuais: a teoria arquivística e as técnicas da Biblioteconomia aplicadas à organização de arquivos de TV

Abstract

This study approaches the management of audiovisual information and documents, applying the Archival theory and some techniques from Library Science to organize TV archives. That approach was developed based on the following questions: which ways have made an effective management of audiovisual information and documents possible inside TV archives? What are the main characteristics of audiovisual information and documents? How have the information representation and retrieval been done inside TV archives? Focusing on basing theoretically this study, it is presented the Archival theory, which was applied to TV archives, the main techniques to represent information, which were consolidated by Library Science, and also the main concepts of audiovisual documentation and information aiming to context the application of this research. It is also presented the scientific methods that were adopted to develop this study, as well as its relevance and hypotheses. In its applicability, it will be discussed the main characteristics of TV archives, emphasizing their language, their users/clients and their videotape supports; and also the manners that information have been represented inside TV archives, applying the techniques of cataloging, classifying and indexing to describe images in motion. Furthermore, this study proposes methods and criteria to make the representation and retrieval of information and documents more effective inside TV archives. Finally, it is presented some contributions of this study to Library Science, Archives Management and Information Sciences in general, as well as some motivations that were found along the development of this research.