PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF OFICINA GUAIANASES DE GRAVURAS

It presents the steps taken for preservationand access to information by providinglithographs in digital media through theproject Art and Technology: taking care ofmemory, carried with the support of theDepartment of Information Science. The rescueenabled access to one of the most importantdocumentary and historical collections of theartistic memory of Pernambuco, in thetwentieth century, offering works created byartists from Pernambuco in the OficinaGuaianases de Gravuras, between the 70’s and90’s. Nowadays, deposited in the LibraryJoaquim Cardozo, Federal University ofPernambuco, the pictures document the past ofthe artwork in Brazilian lithograph,representing an important teaching tool, abasis for research in art history, and a sourceof information for the entire academiccommunity.