Gunnar Mendoza en el Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia: Notas para su estudio
Abstract
El artículo describe cronológicamente la formación y desarrollo del Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia, sustancialmente debidos a la labor de su director, durante varias décadas, Gunnar Mendoza. Parte de su lenta conformación durante el siglo XIX a través de la incorporación de bibliotecas y fondos documentales privados y la emisión de las primeras normativas estatales destinadas a preservar el patrimonio documental boliviano. Luego revisa con detalle la labor de Gunnar Mendoza desde que asumió la dirección en 1944, tanto en los esfuerzos para dotarlo de presupuesto adecuado como en la organización del patrimonio bajo los criterios de un repositorio moderno. Dedica un apartado a ver el conflicto de competencia surgido entre la ABNB y el Depósito Legal. Finalmente concluye mostrando la probidad de la dirección de Mendoza ejemplificando con un conocido caso de tráfico de patrimonio en la que su intervención fue efectiva y oportuna.
The article describes, in a chronological order, the beginning and development of the National Archive and Library in Bolivia, significantly through the work of Gunnar Mendoza, who was at the head of this institutions along several decades. The author starts with the origins in the XIXth century when private libraries and documents were incorporated and when the first state regulations addressed to preserve the national documentary heritage were issued. Then she goes in details on Gunnar Mendoza efforts to equip them with a proper budget and to classify the heritage under criteria corresponding to a modern repository. She refers to the competence conflict arose between the ABNB (National Archive and Library) and the institution in charge of the Legal Deposit. The article closes up showing Mendoza's integrity when he acted in a well-known case of heritage traficc timely and efficiently.
The article describes, in a chronological order, the beginning and development of the National Archive and Library in Bolivia, significantly through the work of Gunnar Mendoza, who was at the head of this institutions along several decades. The author starts with the origins in the XIXth century when private libraries and documents were incorporated and when the first state regulations addressed to preserve the national documentary heritage were issued. Then she goes in details on Gunnar Mendoza efforts to equip them with a proper budget and to classify the heritage under criteria corresponding to a modern repository. She refers to the competence conflict arose between the ABNB (National Archive and Library) and the institution in charge of the Legal Deposit. The article closes up showing Mendoza's integrity when he acted in a well-known case of heritage traficc timely and efficiently.
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Vol. 18, No. 33