GESTIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN DEL ARCHIVO ECLESIÁSTICO: CASO IGLESIA LA MERCED DE LA CIUDAD DE PORTOVIEJO.

Abstract

The archival documents constitute the memory, history, tradition and evidence of the actions of the public and private entities; The purpose of this document is to conduct an evaluative study to diagnose and determine the main incidents in the conservation management of the Ecclesiastical Archives: La Merced Church Case of the City of Portoviejo, to address this treaty a review of documentary valuation , Status of documents, Identification of documentary media, determination of application of international file standards, conditions of the infrastructure of the document storage or area intended for archiving, considering lighting, humidity, exposure or not to pollutants, among other factors Which may affect the proper preservation of the ecclesiastical documentary fund of the Merced Church of the city of Portoviejo. The analysis is descriptive and retrospective, making use of management indicators to determine if an adequate document management is applied for the technical processing of documents from the ecclesiastical parish archive. For the theoretical development was applied the method of analysis and logical history for the documentary exploration. A qualitative research method was also applied, with the staff organizing archival documents. The diagnosis that could be obtained is that the conservation status of the documents is regular, due to the fact that there has not been an adequate management, nor have they provided the necessary conditions for an appropriate conservation, due to this reality it is recommended to establish a set of Actions to stop the deterioration of the documentary funds of the deposit of the Church of La Merced of the city of Portoviejo, to apply international regulations of documentary administration, and to carry out an efficient management of the documents to preserve the historical memory of this parish church that is icon in the city.