Livros de temática arquivística na biblioteca do arquivo nacional do Brasil

Abstract: This article deals with the results of a research that includes the mapping and analysis of the characteristics of books and rare books identified as archival in the collection of the “Maria Beatriz Nascimento” Library of the National Archives of Brazil [Arquivo Nacional]. Through a documentary research that analyzed the references of 3.449 works, it was observed that, in this universe, foreign and Brazilian books have similar occurrences, with emphasis on Brazil and France, as the countries that most published, as well as Rio de Janeiro and Paris, as predominant cities. Regarding authorship, almost half are related to single authorship. The National Archives of Brazil has the largest number of publications, followed by the Archives Nationales de France. Similarly, the National Archives of Brazil led in the case of publishers. The years with the highest incidence of publication were those of the late 1990s. It was observed that 54 works (30.51%) were translated from the source language to another language. The data obtained show that Brazil has stood out in strengthening the archival literature in the country, whose main origin is Rio de Janeiro. At the international level, France stands out as a leader, contributing to the archival interlocutions between the two countries. Archival institutions appear as protagonists in the literature of the area, both as author and editor, which reiterates their important role in the institutionalization of Archivology as a discipline in the world and in Brazil.