On the theory of electronic source studies and the tasks of historical science: on the pages of the monograph by Yu. Yu. Yumasheva "Source Studies of the Information Age" (Moscow, 2023)

The digital age dictates its own information requirements for the reorganization of scientific communications and practices. The most noticeable changes are associated with a change in the information environment of historical science and the emergence of the concept of an "electronic historical source", which has become a familiar element of the source base of research. However, the practices of studying sources have retained their traditional character, ignoring the digital nature and features of the life cycle of an electronic source. The problem lies in the authenticity of the electronic image of a document to its paper analogue, the completeness and integrity of the source information, the tasks of preserving them when changing the media and software. The article contains an analysis of the monograph by Yu. Yu. Yumasheva "Source Studies of the Information Age", published in 2023 - a book that many historians and source scholars were waiting for with impatience. It reveals the main concepts related to the topic of electronic source studies, classification and properties of electronic sources. The problems that historical science and historians face in the new conditions of the formation of electronic historical resources are discussed. The methodological basis of the work is the theory of information, rethought by I. D. Kovalchenko in application to historical sources. In accordance with it, the object of the study is formulated - the entire set of electronic historical sources as an expression of the pragmatic aspect of information, and the subject (classification of sources, their types, features, methods of storage, use, etc.) is implemented in the context of the semantic and syntactic aspects of information. The main objective of the study is to develop the basic principles and algorithm for analyzing electronic sources based on the classical techniques of source analysis.

digital turn, source studies, historical sources, electronic historical sources, classification, source study analysis, electronic document, computer readable data, digital source, metasource