Analysis of the presence of indigenous thematics in institutional repositories in the central-western and southern regions of Brazil

Abstract

This article aims to analyze how data of indigenous academic production in institutional repositories in the Central-West and Southern regions of Brazil have been systematically described. The objective is to verify whether the description of the information item includes the indication of indigenous authorship. The research methodology adopted is characterized as bibliographic, exploratory and descriptive, also of a qualitative and quantitative kind and using, for the development of the article, research in pre-determined institutional repositories, data collection and the organization of information recovered in comparatives charts. The results of the study indicate the existence and method of organization of indigenous academic production in the repositories consulted, as well as the main documentary typologies related to this production, the metadata that indicate indigenous authorship and the existence of a digital preservation policy in that repository, for example. As final considerations, we emphasize the importance of the process of representing an informational item as a means for its correct discovery, recovery and digital preservation.