Organização da informação no Instituto Médico Legal Estácio de Lima–Maceió/AL

Abstract

Introduction: In any and all informational contexts, the presence of information professionals such as librarians and archivists can be configured as a precious contribution to the process of organization, representation, storage and retrieval of information. This study aims to study the process of organizing physical and electronic information at the Instituto Médico Legal Estácio de Lima. Methods: The research universe contemplated the general direction and the professionals who work directly in the Archive of the researched Institute. A structured interview was conducted with the general director and a questionnaire was applied with professionals from the Archive. Results: Among other things, there was a lack of a project that contemplates the modernization of the information registration and retrieval processes and the need to implement a more robust information system, as well as the existence of inadequate physical space for the treatment and keeping documents that currently occupy a lot of space. Conclusion: It concludes that in addition to the modernization process of the physical facilities and the technological apparatus, the librarian can be inserted in the context of information management at the institute and undertake activities related to the organization, treatment, access and retrieval of information.