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Boletín Del Archivo General De La Nación Año LXXIV - Volumen XXXVII - Número 132 Publicación Cuatrimestral Enero-Abril 2012 BOLETÍN DEL ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACIÓN BAGN132--201209010.indd 1 14/09/2012 10:45:32 a.m. ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACIÓN Roberto Cassá Director General Alejandro Paulino Ramos Maritza Molina Subdirector General Secretaria General Noemí Calderón Omar Núñez Asistente de la Dirección Director Departamento de Servicios Técnicos Rosa Alba Bautista Aldriano Pérez Directora Departamento Director Departamento Administrativo y Financiero de Materiales Especiales Ramón Paniagua Quisqueya Lora Director Departamento Directora Departamento de Investigación y Divulgación de Referencias Ángel Hernández Víctor Manuel Lugo Director Departamento Director Departamento Sistema Nacional de Archivos de Recursos Humanos Luis Rodrigo Suazo Yunier González Asesor Legal Director Departamento de Descripción Ana Féliz Lafontaine Asesora Archivística María González Directora Departamento Raymundo González de Hemeroteca y Biblioteca Asesor Histórico BAGN132--201209010.indd 2 14/09/2012 10:45:33 a.m. BOLETÍN DEL ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACIÓN BAGN Año LXXIV Volumen XXXVII Número 132 Santo Domingo, D. N. Enero-abril 2012 BAGN132--201209010.indd 3 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. Boletín del Archivo General de la Nación Año LXXIV - Volumen XXXVII - Número 132 Publicación cuatrimestral Enero-abril 2012 Comité editorial Director: Roberto Cassá Editor responsable: Raymundo González Miembros: Ramón Paniagua Alejandro Paulino Ángel Hernández Aquiles Castro Juana Haché Carlos Andújar Cuidado de edición: Raymundo González y Juan F. Domínguez Novas Diagramación: Juan F. Domínguez Novas Motivo de cubierta: Fachada del Convento de Santo Domingo en la capital dominicana © Archivo General de la Nación, 2012 Departamento de Investigación y Divulgación Área de Publicaciones Calle Modesto Díaz, núm. 2, Zona Universitaria Santo Domingo, D. N., República Dominicana Tel. 809-362-1111, Fax. 809-362-1110 www.agn.gov.do ISSN: 1012-9472 Impresión: Editora Búho, S. R. L. Impreso en República Dominicana / Printed in Dominican Republic BAGN132--201209010.indd 4 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. Boletín del Archivo General de la Nación Año LXXIV, Vol. XXXVII, Núm. 132 Enero-abril 2012 Sumario EDITORIAL Convocados los organismos del Sistema Nacional de Archivos .............. 7 ARCHIVÍSTICA Presentación del Archivo Histórico Digital de Bernardo Vega Yunier González ........................................................................................... 9 Colección Bernardo Vega: datos técnicos del tratamiento informático Daniel De Peña ............................................................................................ 11 Proyecto de digitalización de fondos documentales del AGN, 1600-1930 (informe del proceso y resultados 2007-2010) Elsa Rivera, Johanne Tejada, Lisbell de León y Ana Féliz Lafontaine ....... 13 La gestión documental en el archivo central de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Teodoro Viola y Ángel Hernández ............................................................... 27 Archivo General de la Nación. Memoria anual 2011 ................................ 55 HISTORIA Y DOCUMENTOS «No habrá de sufrirse que los negros abandonen las plantaciones». Toussaint Louverture ante la esclavitud Antonio Jesús Pinto Tortosa ......................................................................... 63 – 5 – BAGN132--201209010.indd 5 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. 6 Sumario Un breve tratado contra la encomienda (1517) Fray Bernardo de Santo Domingo, O. P. ...................................................... 91 Noticias consulares histórico-estadísticas sobre el comercio exterior dominicano (1855-1883) Roberto Marte............................................................................................... 99 HISTORIA ORAL La Semana de Historia Oral en Puerto Rico Martha Ellen Davis ...................................................................................... 151 BAGN132--201209010.indd 6 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. Boletín del Archivo General de la Nación Año LXXIV, Vol. XXXVII, Núm. 132 Enero-abril 2012 EDITORIAL Convocados los organismos del Sistema Nacional de Archivos Conforme a lo dispuesto por la Ley General de Archivos de la República Dominicana, Ley 481-08, en sus artículos 19, 48 y 51, han sido integrados y convocados los órganos que regirán el Sistema Nacional de Archivos, a saber, la Junta de Coordinación Técnica y la Comisión de Evaluación y Acceso de Fondos Documentales, así como el nuevo Comité Directivo del Archivo General de la Nación, rector del sistema. En efecto, a lo largo del pasado año 2011 el Poder Ejecutivo desig- nó en distintos decretos a aquellos miembros de dichos organismos que lo requerían, ya que los demás integrantes estaban especificados por la ley de acuerdo con sus funciones. En los primeros meses de 2012 fueron convocados y a partir de marzo se iniciaron las reunio- nes para conocer de sus funciones y trazar sus primeros planes de trabajo. De esta manera ha comenzado a operar con todos sus compo- nentes el Sistema Nacional de Archivos, del cual se espera en lo que respecta al sector público pueda estar en pleno funcionamiento en el plazo de dos años, y de tres para el sector privado, de acuerdo con el reglamento de aplicación de la citada ley. Esto significa que en dichos plazos todas las instituciones públicas pertenecientes a dicho Sistema y las instituciones privadas incorporadas a él, deben tener los requisitos básicos comprendidos en el reglamento de aplicación de – 7 – BAGN132--201209010.indd 7 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. 8 Editorial la ley en lo que se refiere a los archivos de gestión y centrales, además de los históricos donde aplique; las comisiones institucionales de evaluación y acceso de fondos, la realización de transferencias regu- lares hacia el Archivo General de la Nación o los archivos regionales que entren en funcionamiento, como está previsto en la legislación vigente, entre otros aspectos fundamentales. Los retos y las tareas de dichos organismos están definidos con claridad. Se cuenta con recursos humanos para realizarlos y los me- dios materiales para llevarlos a cabo están al alcance de las institu- ciones respectivas. Desde luego, hay que poner a punto el personal mediante una capacitación de calidad, como la que viene realizando el AGN a través de sus cursos básicos y diplomados, ahora también con la colaboración del Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnico Profesional (INFOTEP). Y aun es posible que sea necesario reeditar la experiencia de una maestría en archivística como la que se realizó conjuntamente con la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Si bien es cierto que faltan todavía aspectos normativos para la formación y trámite de expedientes en la administración pública, así como también en lo que respecta a la clasificación de los archivistas al interior de la función pública, estos no son impedimentos para avanzar en los objetivos trazados por la ley, sino más bien metas in- termedias que deberán trazarse dichos organismos como parte de la estrategia para conseguir los objetivos indicados por la Ley 481-08 y su Reglamento. El Sistema Nacional de Archivos promete ser una herramienta po- derosa para garantizar, en primer lugar, la custodia de los documen- tos generados por el sector público a lo largo y ancho de la República, y, consecuentemente, el acceso a la ciudadanía a los mismos, como está estipulado en la Constitución y las leyes dominicanas. ¡Enhorabuena para todos los responsables de los organismos que rigen el Sistema Nacional de Archivos! ¡Enhorabuena por el Sistema Nacional de Archivos! El país les respalda y les agradece su compro- miso con la institucionalidad, la modernización de la administración pública y el afianzamiento del estado de derecho en nuestra demo- cracia republicana. BAGN132--201209010.indd 8 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. Boletín del Archivo General de la Nación Año LXXIV, Vol. XXXVII, Núm. 132 Enero-abril 2012 ARCHIVÍSTICA Presentación del Archivo Histórico Digital * de Bernardo Vega 1 ** Yunier González 2 El 31 de agosto de 2006 fue suscrito el acuerdo entre la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, el Archivo General de la Nación y la Fundación Cultural Dominicana, representada por el historiador Bernardo Vega, para la digitalización y descripción de 135 rollos de microfilms de los archivos nacionales norteamericanos y 4,000 páginas de documentos impresos de otras fuentes, sobre aspectos importantes de la historia dominicana para que estos fueran puestos a disposición del público en general. Esta colección ha sido el resultado de más de 30 años de investiga- ción y compilación de documentos por el historiador Bernardo Vega en archivos de Estados Unidos, Inglaterra y República Dominicana. Constituye un acervo documental de primer orden para conocer y comprender algunos de los principales acontecimientos dominica- nos de los siglos XIX y XX. Este proyecto se desarrolló en tres etapas, según fueron entrega- dos los documentos al AGN. En una primera fase del desarrollo del proyecto se le dio el trata- miento documental a 155 cajas de documentos, a los que se les realizó * Palabras en el acto de presentación de la Colección Documental Bernardo Vega, realizado en el salón de conferencias de FUNGLODE el 17 de febre- ro de 2012. ** Archivista. Director del Departamento de Descripción del AGN. – 9 – BAGN132--201209010.indd 9 14/09/2012 10:45:35 a.m. 10 Yunier González la digitalización, control de calidad de imágenes y descripción. Esta etapa del tratamiento documental se inició en marzo de 2007 y con- cluyó en julio de 2008. En un segundo momento se digitalizaron 179 rollos de micro- films,
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