A representação e a recuperação da informação: bases, diálogos e contribuições para o fazer arquivístico

Abstract

Information Retrieval (IR) and Information Representation have been themes of study in several areas. Among these areas, we can highlight the Information Science (IS), Computer Science (CS) and Archivology. Faced with the assertive need for document representation and with the increasingly frequent establishment of computer systems to handle these documentary records, generated or received in the progress of their respective activities, the importance of representation for later retrieval of information was evidenced. Thus, it is necessary to delimit the importance of the present study as an initiative that examines factors that permeate the Representation and the Information Retrieval in the Archivology, taking as areas of dialogue the IS and the CS. In this way, the general objective was to examine how Information Representation and IR is delineated in the archival context, taking into account the performance of areas such as IS and CS in these themes. The specific objectives were set out in: a) Mapping common aspects of the Information Representation and Archives IR with related areas, such as IS, as well as CS; b) Analyze the central ideas of Information Representation and IR in the archival area; c) Discuss how the relationship between Information Representation and IR is evident in Archivology; and d) Reflect technical / theoretical issues of Representation and IR in the archival area. Methodologically, the technique of content analysis was used in the search for an understanding of the concepts discussed in the present study. It was evidenced that the Information Representation is noted from the administrative, segmental, intellectual and descriptive action, with elaboration of instruments for the provision of access. In the case of IR, it is known as a computerized process, with a focus on meeting information needs.