Visual sources: The definition, typology, and impact

Based on the communicative and structural approaches, the author discusses the status of the term “visual sources in rare books of science” and related terms, as well as the visual sources classification and role in the rare books of science. The analysis, synthesis, systemic, structural, axiomatic, modelling and typology methods, as well as generalization and classification are applied.  The visual sources make the subject of the study. Presenting visual sources in research works is a research method: the images are “to reveal” the textual component. The originality and value of the article lies in the author’s intent to define the place of visual sources and contained visual information within the terminological space of the rare science books. For this purpose, the author examines the definitions of visual sources in scientific literature and attempts herself to construct the term. The focus is made on the term “documentary visual source” that virtually is not used in scientific literature. In this context, the author discusses the terms “documentology” and “document”. Based on the related literature analysis, she concludes that no precise definition of visual sources classes and types exists. The author suggests sample classification of visual sources in science books and presents it in two tables. Further development of the definition would improve the terminological foundation of the visual sources. The goal of the article is to demonstrate the significance of the visual sources in the rare science books and their potential relevance for modern studies.

1. Avanesov S. S. Chto mozhno nazy`vat` vizual`noi` semiotikoi`? // ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Problemy` vizual`noi` semiotiki (ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Journal of Visual Semiotics). 2014. Vy`p. 1 (1). S. 10–22.

2. Sokolov A. V. Dokument kak predmet nauchnogo poznaniia // Nauchny`e i tekhnicheskie biblioteki. 2021. № 8. S. 13–38.

3. Stoliarov Iu. N. Dokumentologiia: prichiny` poiavleniia, e`tapy` razvitiia // Nauchny`e i tekhnicheskie biblioteki. 2021. № 1. S. 15–26.

4. Lopatina N. V., Diner E. V. Deviat` stupenei` k vershine nauki (k 85-letiiu Iu. N. Stoliarova) // Nauchny`e i tekhnicheskie biblioteki. 2023. № 11. S. 141–154.

5. Nesterovich Iu. V. Sovremenny`e terminologicheskie problemy` i razvitie teorii knigi // Berkovskie chteniia – 2019. Knizhnaia kul`tura v kontekste mezhdunarodny`kh kontaktov : materialy` V Mezhdunarodnoi` nauchnoi` konferentcii (Pinsk, 29–30 maia 2019 g.). Minsk : TCNB NAN Belarusi ; Moskva : FGBUN NITC «Nauka» RAN, 2019. S. 366–372.

6. Stoliarov Iu. N. Dokumentologiia : uchebnoe posobie. Orel : Gorizont, 2013. 370 s.

7. Stoliarov Iu. N. Ishodny`e postulaty` dokumentologii – vseobshchei` teorii dokumenta // Nauchny`e i tekhnicheskie biblioteki. 2021. № 2. S. 15–40.

8. ISO 5127/1: 2017. Information and documentation : vocabulary. Basic concepts. [Switzerland], 2017.

9. Novikov M. A. Kak ispol`zovat` vizual`noe v issledovaniiakh nauki? (Vsled za Peterom Galisonom i Lorrei`n Daston) // ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Problemy` vizual`noi` semiotiki (ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Journal of Visual Semiotics). 2021. Vy`p. 4 (30). S. 117–130.

10. Bibliotechnoe delo. Terminologicheskii` slovar` / Rossii`skaia gosudarstvennaia biblioteka. Moskva, 1997. 168 s.

11. Deloproizvodstvo i arhivnoe delo. Terminy` i opredeleniia. GOST R 51141-98. Moskva : Standartinform, 2010. 8 s.

12. Koval`chenko I. D. Metody` istoricheskogo issledovaniia. Moskva : Nauka, 2003. 486 s.

13. Vinogradov V. A. Rol` nauchnoi` informatcii v razvitii nauk ob obshchestve i cheloveke: itogi i perspektivy` deiatel`nosti INION RAN // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sbornik statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 443–461.

14. Sukina L. B. Vizual`ny`i` istochnik: perspektivy`, problemy` i ogranicheniia ispol`zovaniia informatcionnogo resursa // Uchyony`e zapiski Petrozavodskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Petrozavodsk, 2023. T. 45, № 2. S. 95–100.

15. Mazur L. N. Vizual`ny`i` povorot v istoricheskoi` nauke: ot teksta k obrazu // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sbornik statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 52–62.

16. Vizual`ny`e obrazy` proshlogo: novy`e strategii ispol`zovaniia v obrazovatel`noi` i issledovatel`skoi` praktike : kollektivnaia monografiia / pod red. V. A. Zvereva, O. M. Khly`tinoi`. Novosibirsk : Izd-vo NGPU, 2014. 180 s.

17. Slovar` bibliotechny`kh terminov / sost. Andrianova S. V. Solnechnogorsk : MBO MBUK «GTCB», 2017. 23 s.

18. Rumiantceva Ia. Slovar` standartizirovannoi` terminologii po informatcii, bibliotechnomu i izdatel`skomu delu. Moskva : VINITI, 2007. URL: https://pandia.ru/text/78/531/26381.php (data obrashcheniia: 9.09.2023).

19. Bruno Latur. Vizualizatciia i poznanie: izobrazhaia veshchi vmeste // Zhurnal`ny`i` club Intelros «Logos». 2017. № 2. S. 95–139. URL: http://intelros.ru/logos/lo2-2017/33292vizualizaciya-i-poznanie-izobrazhaya-veschi-vmeste (data obrashcheniia: 22.09.2023).

20. Shpak G. V. Vizual`ny`e istochniki v estestvenno-nauchnom znanii XVI–XVII vekov v svete sovremennoi` istoriografii // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sb. statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 579–592.

21. Barenbaum I. E. Kniga i eyo e`lementy` : ucheb. posobie po kursu «Knigovedenie i istoriia knigi» / S.-Peterb. gos. akad. kul`tury`. Sankt-Peterburg, 1996. 52 s.

22. Alekseev V. V. Fenomen izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov / vizual`ny`kh istochnikov: k voprosu o terminologii i classifikatcii // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sb. statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 90–101.

23. Bekzhanova N. V., Zhabreva A. E`., Sidorenko N. A. Illiustrativny`e materialy` na stranitcakh izdanii` kollektivnoi` biografiki // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sb. statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 417–446.

24. Riabova V. I. Vizual`naia informatciia v nauchnoi` redkoi` knige kak istochnik dlia issledovanii` po istorii nauki // Rol` izobrazitel`ny`kh istochnikov v informatcionnom obespechenii istoricheskoi` nauki : sb. statei` / avt.-sost. E. A. Vorontcova. Moskva, 2019. S. 446–455.

25. GOST R 51141-98. Gosudarstvenny`i` standart Rossii`skoi` Federatcii. Deloproizvodstvo i arhivnoe delo. Terminy` i opredeleniia. Gosstandart Rossii. URL: https://tu.tusur.ru/upload/gost_rd/rd6.pdf (data obrashcheniia: 19.09.2023).

26. Vishlenkova E. Vizual`noe narodovedenie imperii, ili «Uvidet` russkogo dano ne kazhdomu». Moskva : Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2011. 384 s.

27. Egmond M. F. Eye for detail: Images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500–1630. London, Reaktion Books, 2017. 280 p. URL: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/E/bo25036619.html (data obrashcheniia: 25.09.2023).

28. Euler L. Scientia navalis seu Tractatus de construendis ac dirigendis navibus pars posterior in qua rationes acpraecepta nauium construendarum et gubernadarum fusius exponuntur : Instar supplementi ad tom.1. Novorum commentar. Acad. scient. Imper. / Auctore Leonhardo Eulero... Petropoli [Saint Petersburg] : Typis Academiae scientiarum, 1749. 534 p.

29. Raboty` Bernulli i E`i`lera po mehanike zhidkosti i gazov. URL: https://studfile.net/preview/9888103/page:10/ (data obrashcheniia: 05.10.2023).

30. Vutton Dzh. Izobretenie nauki: novaia istoriia nauchnoi` revoliutcii. Moskva : Kolibri ; Azbuka-Attikus, 2018. 656 s.

31. Nollet Jean-Antoine. Leçons de physique experimentale: [en 6 tomes]. A Amsterdam et a Leipzig : Chez Arkstee et Merkus, 1754–1765. T. 1. 372 p.

32. Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Paris [et al.] : Du Point, 1702–1793. De l'année 1707. 1708. P. 283–784.

33. Sowerby G. B. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville, arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system : together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species, : Illustrated with several coloured plates. / by G. B. Sowerby, F. L. S. &c. London : Printed by E. J. Stirling…, 1825. 92 p.

34. Jauffret L.-F. Le panier de fruits, ou Descriptions botaniques et notices historiques des principaux fruits cultives en France; suivies de différens morceaux de littérature et de morale; ouvrage orné de vingt-quatre planches coloriées; destine aux jeunes gens. A Paris : Chez Perlet... 1807. 384 p.

35. Shrai`berg Ia. L. Tcifrovizatciia, pandemiia, e`kologiia iazy`ka, ry`nok informatcionny`kh i obrazovatel`ny`kh uslug i biblioteki: kurs na vy`zhivanie i ustoi`chivoe razvitie : ezhegodny`i` doclad Shestogo Mezhdunarodnogo professional`nogo foruma «Kry`m-2021». Moskva : GPNTB Rossii, 2021. 59 s.