Abstract

RIOS MARTINEZ, Natalia. Creation of a Method to Diagnose the Conservation Status of Archival Documents. Practical Case: Documents of the Real Audiencia in Chile. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.24, pp.94-136.  Epub Sep 26, 2022. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.252.v2n24.31.2021.

Exposition about the methodology and results of an approach to diagnose the conservation status of one of the emblematic collections of the Archivo Nacional (AN) de Chile: the Real Audiencia funds. In the absence of a systematic procedure to determine the status of this funds, we had to formulate and develop trials for a new methodology to learn about, and identify, hazards to the collection. This initiative made it possible to forecast appropriate decisions regarding conservation. Also, it can be disseminated and replicated in other archives of similar institutional characteristics in other countries of the region. Archive conservation should be established as a permanent area of technical support, while maintaining archival science, history, legal value and serving the citizens as a core purpose.

Keywords : conservation; archives; preservation; Real audiencia; documents; diagnosis.