«UKRAINIAN PRESS IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD OF XIX-XX CENTURIES». ELECTRONIC VERSION

Abstract

The results of functioning of The Press Studies Research Institute of the Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv, via a prism of digitalization of scientific information, have been presented here. The main components of the platform of the electronic database of the Institute are described, and the methodology of preparing structured information for such databases is elucidated. The subject area of the e-database of the Institute is highlighted, and its constituent parts such as historical and bibliographic databases are presented. The stages of molding e-databases of the Institute are highlighted, the model of logical level of data organization is characterized, the relational type of databases management systems (DBMS) used for the database of the Ukrainian press register and the hierarchical type of DBMS (under which the database «Ukrainian Journalism in Names» is tested), is surveyed. The main and auxiliary databases integrated in the database «Ukrainian Journalism in Ukraine and the world in XIX–XX centuries» are charac terized. The supplemental e-databases used in the process of working with databases are mentioned. The structure of records of main databases is presented. The peculiarities of each of these conceptually organized datasets are elucidated. The current state of organization of databases of The Press Studies Research Institute is characterized; statistical assessments of their structures are presented; perspective avenues of its functioning and development are outlined. The integrated nature of broad research work of the Research Institute has been accentuated. This will enable a reconstruction of objective picture of the Ukrainian press functioning in historical dimension by accomplishing its scholarly study both in traditional form as well as with usage of modern digital technologies. Keywords: historical and bibliographic database, bio-bibliographic database, Ukrainian press, periodicals, The Press Studies Research Institute.