A historical source in the digital Age: towards the publication of a monograph by Yu. Yu. Yumasheva

The object of the research is Yu. Yu. Yumasheva's monograph "Source studies of the information age". The subject of the study was a potentially possible new type of historical source introduced by the author into the scientific circulation of historical source studies — electronic historical sources (EII), its features, structure and classification. The necessity and timeliness of allocating this type of historical source based on the available and incoming arrays of electronic documents for archival storage is considered. As well as the possible correlation of EII with electronic and technotronic documents, electronic analog sources. The dependence of the possibility of preservation of EII on the type of material information carrier, migration during archival storage is shown. Some types and features of network information resources (SIRS) preceding the Internet are described. As well as computer programs as a possible component of the EII. In preparing the review, the descriptive method was used, as well as the method of historical comparative analysis and comparison. For the first time in Russia, the monograph comprehensively, deeply and fully examines the most important issues of the necessary transformation of historical source studies in the digital age. For this purpose, an attempt has been made to introduce the concept of a qualitative new type of historical source — EII. Its classification is developed and justified, the place of the EII in the general source complex of historical science and its correlation with traditional historical sources are described. The possible structure of a new type of historical source is revealed, and a detailed description of the necessary techniques and methods of internal and external criticism of the new source is given. Examples of EII repositories made using EII research projects both in Russia and abroad are also given. The study of such experience in the use of EII makes it possible to significantly enrich the methodological arsenal of the historian, and brings it in line with the requirements of the digital age. The review provides possible alternative definitions of EII, discusses some particular problems concerning the constituent elements of EII, as well as the onset of the era of the mobile revolution. Recommendations are formulated for the creation of a reference and information section of the author's website based on a large factual material of the monograph.

Source studies, historical source, type of historical source, The digital era, metadata, machine-readable documents, electronic documents, technotronic documents, electronic historical sources, The mobile revolution