WORK MARKET FOR ARCHIVIST

A STUDY OF DEMAND IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN MANAUS

Abstract

This article search to contribute to the area of Archivology through study of the necessity and capacity of the public sector at the state sphere, as the skilled labor job for manage the archive sectors in the city of Manaus. This is an exploratory analysis about of the state public archives. The general objective was to assess the labor market for the professional archivist. Of the total universe of state institutions, fifty nine, were randomly selected as representative sample, twenty-five per cent, in order to identify professionals working in the archives of these institutions. The research instrument, applied by the amount of seventeen organs among which are six secretariats, two authorities, two public companies, two public foundations, a council, an institution of executive power, an institution of the legislature and an institution of the judiciary Amazonas State Government, consisted of a structured questionnaire with open and closed questions applied to those responsible for these archives. The results obtained demonstrated a deficiency relevant entire process of document management that involves the production, use and destination. The result of this research can contribute to the qualitative improvement of public archives in the state of Amazonas, as evidence of the necessity for qualified professionals to work in the archives of the institutions whose documents are scattered resulting in memory loss, so valuable to the organs and to society.