A Web 2.0 nos arquivos portugueses

Abstract

Increasingly, it is essential that institutions and professionals who deal with information are able to harness the potential new information technologies for development and dissemination of their goods and services. Reflect on the role of the Portuguese Archives in the Information Society, as well as identify what Web 2.0 features used to unveil and interact with their users are the central objectives of this research. The methodology adopted was a case study that allows, according to Yin (2005) to contribute to the knowledge of organizational and social phenomena and others as well. We apply data collection techniques based on survey, administered to three hundred and eight Municipal Archives, eighteen District and two Regional and obtained seventy-seven responses. The results obtained with the statistical treatment of data shows that, despite the great importance attached by archivists in the development and application of information technology, the level of Web 2.0 use features are relatively small. This finding is possible to infer that there is a lack of knowledge and vision for the resource potential of social media as a complementary dimension to the dynamics of communication files and the role of archivists.

Date of Award	10 Oct 2011
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	António Andrade (Supervisor) & António Maranhão Peixoto (Co-Supervisor)