Expressing L-functions as Mellin transforms

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I often see the use of the integral representation $$\sum_{n < N} \frac{a_n}{n^s} = \frac{1}{2i\pi} \int_{(3)} \sum_{n} \frac{a_n}{n^s} \frac{N^s}{s} ds$$

Is it justified by a kind of application of the residue theorem? Where does this equality comes from?