Auditoria de inteligência: um estudo de caso no Museu Câmara Cascudo/UFRN

Abstract

It presents an intelligence audit carried out at the Câmara Cascudo Museum of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (MCC / UFRN). Its general objective is to analyze the relationship between the MCC and the academic actions developed by UFRN and the following specific objectives: a) to verify the applicability of the audit to information units; b) to characterize Brazilian museums with regard to their history, typology and functions; c) to characterize the MCC, with regard to its history, typology, collections and resources; and d) propose actions to improve the relationship between teaching, research and extension at UFRN and the MCC. The methodological path began with bibliographic research in the area of auditing applied to information units, employing and using the intelligence audit method developed by Carvalho (2010). Data collection was carried out by means of a questionnaire that was sent to professors of the undergraduate courses in Visual Arts, Librarianship, Social Sciences and History and to the employees of the MCC. In addition, the notes raised indicate an unintended relationship between the MCC and the academic actions of UFRN, also indicating that there is little involvement of the researched departments in relation to the MCC; few teachers develop teaching, research and extension projects that involve the MCC; there is little dissemination of the actions and exhibitions developed at the museum; and that financial resources are lacking to encourage the realization of projects. Based on this result, a guide was developed to implement the recommendations pointed out in the intelligence audit process. Finally, it is clear that the intelligence audit method developed by Carvalho (2010) is applicable to the context of museums and that the conclusion of this work broadens the discussion on the audit of information assets within the national scientific production, especially in relation to the application of information asset auditing methods.