PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACERVUS SYSTEM OF THE THEMATIC CORE OF DROUGHT AND SEMI-ARID (NUT-DECA) OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE (UFRN)
Information – informational asset. Information management. Document management. NUT-Dry. Acervus System – UFRN.
In order to analyze the large volume of information in contemporary times, it is necessary to awaken to the relevance in the organization of information, as a primary factor in decision-making in different institutions, whether of public or private origin. Given this scenario, this research has the general objective of proposing improvements to the Acervus system of the Drought Thematic Nucleus (NUT-Seca) at UFRN and as specific objectives: to present the Drought Thematic Nucleus and its potential for research; select thematic documentation centers of social and institutional relevance; use the benchmarking technique to identify, from the collections of the chosen centers, fields that can be analyzed, compared, and applied/improved to the Acervus system of NUT-Seca; propose a product with specific guidelines aligned with the precepts of document management of improvements to be implemented in the Acervus system. It uses exploratory and documentary research of a descriptive nature as a methodology, using the qualitative approach method, based on literature review and documental research, focused on Information Management, Document Management, brief history of NUT-Seca and origin of the Acervus system, in addition to the use of the benchmarking technique in the analysis of the (online) environments of the selected documentation centers to analyze the arrangement of the information search fields. As a technique for collecting information, semi-structured interviews/questionnaires were carried out with a sampling of the team that makes up the NUT-Seca. The need for planning based on a document management policy to be applied to the NUT-Seca collection for insertion in the Acervus system was observed. In general, the absence of important search options in the Acervus system was identified. In the researcher's perception in relation to the Acervus system and the NUT-Seca, a list of suggestions was prepared in order to add improvements to the processes and techniques consistent with access to the NUT-Seca collection on Acervus.