Building state infrastructure of sci-tech information in Russia requires a harmonized approach toward classification of sci-tech documents, data and scitech literature, and development of appropriate thematic profile of the vocabulary. Based on the findings of the research projects of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (RNPLS&T) as the back-up organization of the Standardization Technical Committee 191 "Sci-tech information, library services, publishing, and document management", as well as on the base of the materials of emerging All-Russian Register of Sci-tech Libraries and Centers of Sci-tech Information, the author substantiates the need for standardized classification of sci-tech information and sci-tech literature for the purposes of the national scitech policy, digital transformation and federal project "Advancement of sci-tech libraries". She proposes the methodological approaches toward classification of documented sci-tech information and sci-tech data, subject classification with SSRSTI, UDC, LBC and other universal classification systems, and acquisition of a glossary as a thematic profile of the vocabulary of the State System of Sci-tech Information. Integration of the register of sci-tech libraries and sci-tech information centers with the unified classifications and terminology will build the foundation for the single information space and enable to the register for strategic planning, resources assessment, and support of sci-tech development of Russia's regions.

The authors examine the value of non-book collections of science libraries as a significant component of modern library services. In the recent period, the libraries have been developing new strategies comprising various library-user interaction modes, with non-book collections increasingly demanded.
The authors analyze how these collections contribute to new library users acquisition and the more dynamic and inspiring library vibe. This offers new opportunities for educational and research activities, utilization of library information resources, and personal communications. The authors offer the examples of non-book collections to demonstrate their potency for organizing events, xhibitions and educational programs as accelerators of critical thinking and creativity.
Besides, the authors emphasize that it is important to adapt library services to the changing societal demands in the context of globalization and digitalization. Integration of non-book collections expands access to resources and information and facilitates libraries transformation into the hubs of social interaction and innovations. Thus, the non-book library collections are not just the fashion – they are essential for the libraries to stay demanded and relevant in the fastchanging world. The digitized collections have become a component of the new discipline of e-librarianship.

The authors describe the complex methodology of scanning quality control within digitization of the Higher Attestation Commission’s (HAC) archives. Expanded access to the digitized documents is to strengthen performance of the Researchers and Academic Staff Attestation Department and other divisions of the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education and to facilitate studies and analytics for building, updating and upgrading the HAC’ document e-archive.
The authors examine the principles of scanning quality assessment; discuss quality parameters and their control methods. The HAC document types, their scanning and further processing methods are chosen for achieving high quality for each document type. Scanning quality is a crucial requirement in archival digitization to ensure original content transfer, authenticity and information completeness preservation, to facilitate researcher and user access to archival materials, to prevent wear of originals and to prolong their life, to ease further copying, study and analysis.
The authors suggest the complex methodology of scanning quality control as a model for building e-archives and e-libraries.

The authors discuss the studies of building comparative tables of related IPC codes aтd SRSTI subject headings in respect of Section A “Human Necessities” (satisfaction of human vital needs). The IPС Section A comprises the following subsections: “Agriculture” “Foods; Tobacco”, “Personal and household effects”, “Health; Life Saving Service; Entertainment”. Considering the subject scope of these subsections, the subject headings of SRSTI sections “Engineering and applied sciences. Economic sectors”, “Intersectoral problems” were predominantly used for comparison. In IPC–SRSTI comparison, the expert evaluation of the subject scope of the corresponding rubrication vertices of the deepest hierarchical levels was carried out. Based on the lexical, conceptual and terminological analysis of the classification objects, with consideration to the structure and scope of concepts of specific solutions and corresponding subject divisions in sci-tech information systematization, the conjugated IPC codes and SRSTI subject headings and their semantic match types were identified. Based on the study findings, the comparative tables of conjugated IPC Section A codes and SRSTI subject headings were built. Totally, 9,864 IPC codes were classified in SRSTI subject headings with 25,857 semantic matches set between them.

Sci-tech development requires commercialization of urgent and competitive intellectual solutions, and innovative products. The clear idea of the national and global patent landscape and the status in individual sci-tech sectors has to be produced to analyze the competitive environment, to minimize the risk of duplication and violation of patent rights, and to provide efficient technological transfer and cooperation between researchers and inventors. The open science concept facilitates consolidated patent databases, comprising open patent analytic tools. The purpose of the paper is to present the analysis findings for the largest open conso-lidated patent databases through the lens of library use. To achieve this, the author 1) analyzed how the libraries utilized patent information, 2) selected and analyzed several services and platforms, e. g. The Lens, Patentscope, and Espacenet.
The possibility to track cross-citation of patent and science literature, availability of basic analytical instruments to define patent activity by year, IPC codes, disciplines, to identify large patent owners, applicants, grant makers, most cited works, including by citation year, and to analyze extent of technology fundamental development and practical readiness, make the advantages of open consolidated patent databases. The open sources are characterized by database uneven depth, information gaps due to the sources of acquisition, and the difficulty in attributing documents in national languages. Nevertheless, the open platforms and services are the key source for basic patent analytics essential to substantiate the relevancy of research and development.

Based on the higher school curricula, the author discusses the issues of professional training of bibliographers. She characterizes the current approaches to building bibliographer professional competences (systematic, practice-oriented, digitalization, and continuity in education). Based on the “Library and information activity” curricula analysis, the author identifies the set of disciplines for teaching key bibliographer competences. The core curricula and bibliographic disciplines of regional character are specified along with the courses aimed at building digital competences. The contents of disciplines are analyzed, the bachelor and master degree programs are compared, and main trends of bibliographer professional training are revealed.
The purpose of the study is to prepare proposals to upgrade bibliographer competences based on the analysis of higher school curricula. The study methods include analysis of universities’ official websites, curricula content analysis and comparison.
The practical significance of the study is related to its findings and obtained data that may be used for upgrading the systems of bibliographer training in the higher schools and universities of culture.

The articles continues the series of publications on public libraries staffing. The authors analyze the current educational status of public librarians and library specialists in Russia. The All-Russia Monitoring of Library Staffing Requirements made the empirical foundation of the study. The Russian State Library held the monitoring for the first time for the Russian librarianship of the 20th–21st centuries. The researchers proposed the hypothesis on significant disproportioned qualitative and quantitative characteristics of educational background of librarians both on the national, regional and municipal levels. These characteristics require further in-depth studies. Meanwhile the analysis demonstrates that nationally, on the level of central and regional libraries, the staffing situation is better than in the municipal urban and rural libraries. This hypothesis was also verified.
The analysis of data on public regional and municipal libraries obtained through the All-Russia Monitoring of Library Staffing Requirements is essential for further informed decision-making to support state library staffing policy and to upgrade higher education and advanced training in the library information sector.

The authors review the book by Prof. N. E. Kalenov, Dr. Sc. in Engineering, who discusses the recent half-century period of computerization and informatization of the Russia’s largest science libraries as the case study of the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Kalenov’s professional experience illustrates how the modern academic libraries’ have been developing. He includes a lot of scanned documents following the factual vector of advancing library information technologies in Russia, complemented with the his personal comments. This combination of rigorous presentation and subjective attitude makes the book so fascinating. It will be of interest to librarians, historians of science and technologies, and programmers.

Scientific legacy is generally viewed as a documental: the ideas. concepts, and theories are most often represented in researcher’s publications and ego-documents. The authors analyze the structure of scientific legacy and characterize it for the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. The academic achievements of Valentina A. Minkina are examined through the lens of modern ideas of scientific legacy phenomenon. The brief biography characterizes Minkina’s scientific creativity and the influence of her immediate circle on her work. The study of the publication flow demonstrates the wide scope of her interests in science, diversity of published materials, and interdisciplinary character of her legacy. Based on the citation analysis, the reviewers conclude on its significance for today’s researchers and librarians. They also emphasize the role of Valentina Minkina as an organizer of studies with the special focus on the scientific school of “sectoral bibliography for information management” which Minkina has been leading for over 20 years. The reviewers offer the prospective vectors of studies to be grounded in Minkina’s works.

The paper is dedicated to Professor Anna N. Dulatova, Ph. D. in Pedagogy, RF Honored Worker of Culture, talented pedagogue and scholar, prominent member of Krasnodar academic school of library science and bibliography. The author discusses the key vectors of her research and pedagogical work: bibliographic studies, literary bibliography, bibliography of children's and young adult literature, document studies, information culture, professiology, librarianship, theory and methodology of postnonclassical science, etc. The author emphasizes Dulatova's contribution to the large-scale interdepartmental research project of development and implementation of information culture concepts into the theory and practice of the library and information sector, accomplished by Krasnodar State Institute of Culture (1993–2008); and the regional project "Document and archival specialists in the modern society: Relevance and sustainability" (2014– 2019). The author provides the bibliography of the most significant works by Anna L. Dulatova published in the first quarter of the 21st century. She specifies that innovative character of the scholar's conceptual outlook is the most pronounced in Dulatova's works: “The phenomenon of children's literature bibliography: Theoretical and methodological analysis”, “Personal information culture”, “Prospects for document and archival profession in the context of transition to digital culture”, “Postnonclassical library science: The strategy of universal scientific synthesis” [in Russian].