Technologies of designing and implementation of an electronic encyclopedia on the example of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University

The aim of this article is to identify the key milestones in the creation of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University, mechanisms of its functioning in the Internet space, as well as to analyse its potential for further development. The object of the research is electronic encyclopedias in the Internet space, and the subject is the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University. To solve the aim, the authors analysed the problems and challenges they faced during the design and creation of the electronic encyclopedia. Based on the identified experience, key elements that distinguish the encyclopedia from a similar kind of resources have been identified. The history of the creation and implementation of the project of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University was described. In addition, in the final part of the article, the achievements of the project over the past four years and the potential for further development of this electronic resource were described. As a result of the work done, the authors of the article came to a conclusion that the features that distinguish the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University from other similar publications is the orientation of the project primarily on the internal history of Tomsk State University. During the writing of each published article in the encyclopedia, the scientific academicity principle was used. The scientific academic content of the material is preserved due to the impossibility of editing the encyclopedia articles from the outside. In addition, for the past three years, the project has been implemented exclusively on a volunteer basis. Currently, a small team of authors and content managers work on the project on a regular basis. Thanks to their joint work, the electronic encyclopedia has been first in the Yandex and Google search engines during the year when entering the search query "electronic encyclopedia". Moreover, the information posted in the encyclopedia helped to find relatives or add information about them to dozens of interested people living not only in Russia but also abroad. All this together shows that the Electronic Encyclopedia of Tomsk State University is currently one of the most promising regional encyclopedic publications in Russia, as well as an important element in the positioning of Tomsk State University in the Russian-language sector of the Internet.

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