Modelo para elaboração de políticas de preservação digital de documentos de arquivo por instituições de ensino superior: o caso da Unesp

One of the challenges of the changes and evolutions of the information and communication technology  (ICT) in corporations is the preservation of digital information. The universities are among the corporations  with a large generation of digital information. This article presents a strategy for the elaboration of a digital  preservation policy, in the context of an archival policy which is aimed at maintaining the authenticity of  archival documents. The objective of this article is to present a model so that the higher education institutions  could making policies for the digital preservation of their archival documents, showing the elements that  must compose each one, based on the studied literature and on the policy elaborated in Unesp and which  was offiially approved by that institution. Concepts related to archival policy for the digital preservation  of archival documents, their defiition, aspects and elements are presented here. It was concluded that the  model can be adapted for other digital objects, as well as for other institutions.