Digitalisation of Archive Funds, Museum and Library Collections as a Factor of the Preservation of the National Cultural Heritage of Ukraine

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyse the problems of protection and rescue of cultural objects, in particular, to determine the role of digitisation of archival funds, museum and library collections as a factor of the preservation of national cultural heritage. The methodological basis of the research consists of general scientific and special methods of studying the problem, the use of which made it possible to achieve the goal. The applied methods made it possible to outline the problems of protection and rescue of cultural objects, in particular, to determine the role of digitisation of archival funds, museum and library collections. The principle of historicism, which involves considering any phenomenon in its self-development under the influence of various factors, became the main one. The historical-systemic method is aimed at the analysis of society as a whole and transformations within it, caused by changes in the political, cultural and informational and communication space. Quantitative methods were used to process the results of analytical studies, as well as to diagnose the studied phenomena, in particular, to present digitised collections in the network and rank them according to the purpose of digitisation. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the expansion of ideas about the scale of digitisation of archival funds, museum and library collections, its role in the preservation of cultural objects. Thanks to the research carried out by the authors, projects, scientific and popular scientific events are presented, the purpose of which was to discuss the problems of loss, rescue and protection of the national cultural heritage of Ukraine. The authors state that the problems of preservation of cultural values, transfer, promotion and development of cultural heritage in Ukraine are now issues of national security. Conclusions. The research have proved that the implementation of information technologies and large-scale digitization are becoming absolutely necessary for modern archives, libraries and museums, have great significance and are carried out in order to ensure accessibility, preservation and dissemination of knowledge and cultural heritage.

Keywords: digitisation, archival fund, museum and library collection, national cultural heritage.