Дигитализацијата како помошно средство за научно истражување на фолклорните материјали
Digitalization as an auxiliary tool for scientific research of folklore materials

Summary/Abstract: The digitalization – as a product of the information era – is especially useful for archiving and preserving – not only of the older issues like the printed editions dating back to the 19th century and earlier, even of the manual handwritings that date back into the Middle Ages – but as well of the exhausted editions that can’t be found on sale anymore. Digital libraries are necessary within any scientific research and inquiries – not only of the natural and social sciences but also of the ethnic and folklore materials – especially of those dating back to the Romantic era – because of the actual sensitivity of those editions, being very old and in a bad condition for their physical use. Of course, digitalization doesn’t only relate to the diachronic aspects of these editions (accessibility to the older materials), but it also relates to the synchronic aspects of the editions. Namely, those numerous digital networks, databases, web pages, e-magazines, and net portals – bring much broader visibility of and accessibility to materials related and/or considering contemporary scientific researches on those folklore materials. One of the examples of this is the digital editions of the literary mystification Veda Slovena (Веда Словена) and of the contemporary translation of the anonymous medieval English poem Sir Orpheo (Сер Орфео): without these digital (digitalized) editions of those significant poems – we could easily be unable or in any position to literary compare & analyze the specific signifying links and similarities between them.

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