Consolidated Information Resources of Social Memory Institutions: Challenges of Modernity

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to substantiate the expediency of forming consolidated information resources of social memory institutions at the level of individual towns and communities as an effective instrument for preserving the historical and cultural heritage of the regions and developing e-culture. The methodology of the research consists of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis; the comparative-historical methods for comparing ways of
preserving the historical and cultural heritage are also used. Scientific novelty. The authors consider consolidated information resource as a modern socio-communicative system; for its designing and implementation it is proposed to use the methodology and tools of socio-communicative engineering. Conclusions. Socio-communicative projects on
consolidation of information resources of social memory institutions of small-scale cities, the methodological principles of which are being developed, are intended to ensure the preservation of social memory at the regional level, with their further integration into the national information resource.