Legislación archivística venezolana: una contribución para la consolidación de la gestión de archivos en Venezuela

摘要

This paper presents insights made by the authors about archive legislation in Venezuela. Archive activities are regulated by the Law of National Archives, created in 1945, and actualized in 2001 with the approval of the Organic Law for Public Administration. This descriptive and documental research analyzes legislations that are applied in the handle, conservation and expedition of documents and other Venezuelan archives’ activities; it makes emphasis on the evaluation, applicability and normalization of the terminology of the main legal statuses that regulate the destiny of the country´s archives and Venezuela´s documental patrimony. This paper concludes that the treatment of archives´ documents must be grounded on a strict adherence to Venezuelan legislation regarding archives, with the purpose of consolidating the Archives National System in Venezuela.