Paradigmatic relations between Archival Science and Information Science: the practical living of an archive

Objective. Theoretical relations between Archival Science and Information Science are thematic in light of the paradigms that sustain both areas. It aims to identify the paradigms observed in a public archive, from the paradigms guiding these sciences, as elucidated in the literature. Method. With this purpose, a review of the literature on the subject is carried out, as well as a case study in a file of the State Public Administration. This study was conducted using the observation technique and interviewed the unit manager. Results. The results obtained demonstrate that the public archive, although it has been modernizing, increasing in its practices some characteristics of the paradigms described by the Information Science, the great majority of the archival works is supported by the paradigms originating from the Archival Science. Therefore, of the seven paradigms identified, five come from the Archival Science that are: focus on the document; attention to custody; historical and institutional collection; production of secondary documents; and, little concern with the user. Two paradigms are made possible by Information Science, namely: concern with information retrieval and the computerization process. Conclusions. It is evidenced that the concern with the collection, support and technical treatment are paradigms of documentary sciences, which are in line with the physical paradigm existing in the area of Information Science, which deduces that Information Science is an evolution of documentary sciences. This inference refers to the development of future studies in order to generate more scientific conclusions.