State of the art of Archival Science in Latin America 2000-2009. Theoretical perspectives and conceptual approaches

State of the art of Archival Science in Latin America 2000-2009. Theoretical perspectives and conceptual approaches Sebastian Alejandro Maria Agudelo In late years, Archival Science in Latin America has been characterized by major changes related basically with its scientific and professional evolution. Changes due to the paradigm of archives as places for document concentration and memory reconstruction, citizen warranties, governmental accountability, total quality administrative trends and information management. All of these using Information Communication Technologies in archives on a current basis. This paper presents the main perspectives and theoretical trends reflected in the last decade in scientific publications about these issues as a way to contribute to build a theoretical framework and to define research lines in the field. The methodology of documentary research of state of the art is used.