Barbosa Neto, Pedro AlvesCosta, Gilvan Bernardo da2023-12-042023-12-042016-12COSTA, Gilvan Bernardo da; BARBOSA NETO, Pedro Alves. O Direito de acesso à informação pública e a gestão da informação nas Universidades: estudo de caso em uma instituição de ensino superior. Interface, [S.l.], v. 13, p. 79-96, 7 dez. 2016. Disponível em: https://ojs.ccsa.ufrn.br/index.php/interface/article/view/716. Acesso em: 01 nov. 2023.e2237-7506https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55570We live in this century, the information age, which causes revolution in technological aspects and in particular the communication information. This evolution has affected all sectors of society, including the public administration. With higher education institutions is no different, because they are great producers of a documentary and informational immense. The purpose of this article is to present a study on the right to information, access and how this process within the framework of a federal public institution of higher education. This is a case study, adopting the qualitative research through literature review, and review its regulatory and management instruments, analysis of documents, participant observation, and visit to the archives and the citizen information service (SIC) of the institution. We analyzed the normative instruments of the institution, which are: PDI, the Statute, rules of procedure general rules of procedure, the rectory, the management plan of the archives are: PDI, the statute, rules of procedure general of procedure, the rectory, the management of the current administration and other resolutions related to the topic. It was noted that, in relation to the right to information, the institution already serves what requires the acess to information act (LAI) with the implementation and consolidation of the citizen information service (SIC). It is concluded that institutionally, UFRN has advanced on this issue and that the consolidation of the information prescribed by the LAI is already in the institutionDireito à informaçãoGestão documentalGestão da informaçãoUniversidades públicasRight to informationDocument managementInformation managementPublic Universitiesarticle