Science-technology links for the conservation of university historical documentation

Abstract

This article focuses on a series of problems that threaten the preservation and use of university heritage, especially documentary. Various aspects such as the non-observance of the legislation, the absence of an efficient institutional policy, affectations caused by lack of knowledge and personnel, the high cost of the technologies and materials necessary for conservation and restoration and the evident impact of antiquity affect its conservation. Taking these precedents into account, the different uses derived from the management of university documentary heritage in its links with science and technology are analyzed. From the methodological field, an analysis was carried out with a qualitative approach based on the bibliographic review method and the selection of information through inclusion and exclusion criteria of primary and secondary sources in which a perspective of science-technology studies prevailed. and society. The main results make it possible to identify the necessary introduction of technology to facilitate preventive conservation, cataloging and dissemination of documentary heritage and everything that derives from it in research matters. Likewise, with the implementation of a responsible management of documentary heritage, it is necessary to involve various social actors and institutions to promote scientific research based on the management and dissemination of knowledge as a significant resource.