Arquivo público do estado do Amazonas: da missão à ação.

Abstract

An organizational policy for the State of Amazonas Public Archive Department is proposed having as framework the methodology employed by the National Archive: that of fund identification. It shows the evolution of the concept of public archive by reflecting the transformation of the modern state from the French revolution on to these days. The conclusions obtained thorugh data collection have disclosed the difficulties the users face in their search for information. Remedial steps are then established involving at the same time administrative fields and archivistic services under ali their facets and levels.