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Información, cultura y sociedad
Print version ISSN 1514-8327On-line version ISSN 1851-1740
Abstract
GUELFI CAMPOS, José Francisco. Una costura fina. Archivo, información, mediación. Inf. cult. soc. [online]. 2023, n.48, pp.27-29. ISSN 1514-8327. http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/ics.i48.12585.
The reflections presented here are framed within the challenges related to access to archives, based on the premise that access not only involves making the archives available and searchable through technological resources, but also understanding their origin and production context. In this sense, access becomes a process of mediation, which implies a complex negotiation between the expectations of users and the specialized knowledge that archival science can provide. Given that users have very diverse profiles in terms of experience, education, and information needs, archival mediation can only be carried out if the profile of the institutions that safeguard the documentary heritage, the nature of their holdings, and above all, the specificity of archival documents are understood.
Keywords : Archives; Access; Archival mediation; Archival context; Archival users.