Análise dos sites e das páginas de acervo de paleontologia de museus brasileiros

Abstract

On the Internet it is possible to access a wide range of information on various topics, from a simple search on a series or movie, to books or articles by renowned authors. Museums, as institutions that are holders and keepers of knowledge, are also present on the Internet, either through their own sites, video platforms or social networks, which can enable, in addition to a more dynamic communication with the public, access to information about the institution by accessing its website. With this in mind, this study sought to find out how the information on the websites of Brazilian paleontology museums is arranged and what information these institutions make available. To carry out this work we used a sample of ten Brazilian museums sites divided by Brazilian regions, which have paleontological collections, and with them evaluate the following questions: How is the information arranged on each site? What kind of information does each site make available? Is the information - whether for the lay public or the scientific community - easily accessible? To evaluate the information contained on the site, a checklist was prepared with some parameters to be observed in each site, facilitating the comparison of the parameters listed for presentation of museum content. With the checklist ready, the parameters used there were checked in each site, and the data were marked on the list. After the checklist survey, the collected data were tabulated and analyzed, observing the parameters that each institution makes available on its site and preparing tables for each checklist parameter. Analyzing the results it was noticed that some museums exposed more information and content than others, either with more images, a brief description of the museum with some links to contact, texts explaining concepts about paleontology, information about the collections, such as pieces, their catalogued quantity, curators of the collections, database for online access of the pieces of the collection, among other information. Not all museums contained the same information on their respective sites. But they use this communication channel to convey some information to the public, using the internet or their website as a business card for the museum.