This work reports on a study of the Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi that shows its contribution to science during its 122 years of existence. It examines the scientific community of the Boletim in the period from 2010 to 2014, as well as the participation of national and foreign authors, researchers of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) and the departments to which they belong. The aim of this study is to evaluate the scholarly advantages and disadvantages of the printed and electronic forms. It is both a quantitative and a qualitative study, which employs bibliographic methods and interviews in order to help interpret the data. On the basis of characteristics such as interativity and hypertextuality the Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi can be considered as an journal. It should be emphasised that the principal disadvantage of the printed format are the high financial costs of its publication, whereas for the electronic format, the expenses are less. Presently, the Boletim is published in two formats simultaneously, printed and electronic.
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