Abstract/Résumé/Resumen
This paper analyzes the preservation of electronic correspondence by studying the scientific and technological laboratories from the Science and Technology Ministry in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It raises definitions, advantages, and disadvantages of email usage, as well as the challenges for archivists. The project conducted interviews using questionnaires, and the answers were grouped into categories for better analysis. The project verified that the majority of the interviews preserve emails in electronic format and that scientists consider them as private. The project also verified that the problems presented in the literature are the same faced in scientific laboratories.
