Archival diffusion and its expressions in the archival science undergraduate courses in Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: The diffusion is the function of Archival Science related to the divulgation of the records and information services intermediated by archivists, and it is identified by its inclusive character, because get together the information users (potential and frequent, suiting to the provided services) to informational capital.
Objective: Recognizing the role of the archival diffusion in the teaching of Archival Science in Brazil, this article is focused to characterize the archival diffusion approach into the curricula of the Archival Science undergraduate courses in Brazil.
Methodology: As methods, this research considered the qualitative research logic, using the content analysis as an instrument.
Results: As results, with the analyzed curricula it was observed that the subjects that work about the diffusion are majority required and approached of different focus and they use, for their teaching-learning process, different bibliography.
Conclusions: It concludes that in the Archival Science curricula the diffusion is approached, mostly in the subjects about archival description, followed by subjects rightly related to information diffusion and, in a short proportion, to the subjects related to mediation, literacy and information communication.