Projeto Ceda e Repositório Institucional da Ufra (RIUFRA): digitalização de obras acadêmicas para constituição das memórias digitais como parte da história pública e ciência aberta na Amazônia.

Abstract

The Audiovisual Study and Documentation Center (CEDA) of the Federal Rural University of Amazonia (UFRA) plays a key role in promoting and preserving academic knowledge in the Amazon through the UFRA Institutional Repository (RIUFRA). By digitizing theses and dissertations, the aim is not only to preserve essential academic documents, but also to facilitate access and research for the academic community and the general public. Digital preservation comes from a process of organizational management, the intention of which is to guarantee the accessibility, configuration and perpetuation of the document in the digital environment, guaranteeing authenticity based on information technologies. Digital preservation comes from an organizational management process, the intention of which is to guarantee the accessibility, configuration and perpetuation of the document in the digital environment, guaranteeing authenticity based on information technologies. The preservation of the aforementioned documents is vital, as many are subject to physical deterioration, which can lead to the loss of valuable information. Digitization offers an effective solution for maintaining the integrity and longevity of these collections, allowing continuous access to a rich and well-preserved academic heritage. The general objective of this work is to digitize the retrospective Theses and Dissertations of the Lourenço José Tavares Vieira da Silva University Library (BLJTVS), at UFRA, Belém Campus, with the aim of promoting open access to the entire community, through RIUFRA, and its specificity is to enable the acquisition of knowledge about preservation, conservation, memory, dissemination and digital public collections. The methodology applied covers all the essential phases of the digitization process and insertion into RIUFRA, given that BLJTVS has 2,382 theses and 1,327 dissertations, out of a total of 3,709 postgraduate works. This methodological approach ensures that every aspect of the ongoing project is carefully planned and executed, promoting efficient integration between digital technologies and maximizing the benefits for the academic community. The project integrates digital humanities to modernize document management and access at CEDA, promoting new research adapted to the needs of the Amazon, valuing local knowledge, highlighting and seeks to transform access to and sharing of knowledge, connecting research and collections with education and development in the region.