Many research institutions have been developing their knowledge management systems (KMS). This process may be facilitated if the existing sci-tech libraries are taken as basic element of this system, while the libraries’ task will be to transform itself from the institution providing information support into a knowledge managing entity. Today the structure of sci-tech libraries comprises the relevant book and journal collections, functioning electronic library systems and in-house digital collections of external and their own resources. Merging the traditional and electronic libraries into knowledge management system will produce a synergetic effect. Managing in-house databases, sci-tech libraries are potentially able to manage sci-tech, intellectual products and intellectual property which makes a functional KMS fragment. Managing both external and in-house scholarly and information resources, building single information space on organizational intranet-portal, perfectly chosen software — all these make the main conditions of successful incorporation of sci-tech libraries in the knowledge management system.

The digital cataloguing experience of Presidential Library is discussed. The integrated e-collection comprises digital copies of library materials, archival documents and museum objects, which requires designing methods for describing entries new to library preservation. The Presidential Library’s interdepartmental working group has developed principles and approaches toward integrating presentation and access to the library, archival, and museum resources into the single catalog in accordance with existing international standards. The Presidential Library acts as a methodological center developing special methods for describing diverse information resources. Methodological publications by Presidential Library are considered the logical extension of RUSMARC Application Examples guidance series intended for Russian bibliographizing institutions. The Presidential Library’s work within the framework of the National Standardization Program, National Electronic Library and the union catalog of electronic resources is also discussed. The Library participates in IFLA UNIMARC permanent committees and IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Section. The Presidential Library is an educational center for digital content cataloguing for libraries, and holds training work-shops. It enrolls university graduates in generating the descriptive metadata. The prospective vectors in cataloguing are examined, e. g. designing model description of digital collections and Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) implementation.

The significance of secondary sources for scientific research is substantiated. The long-term Information demand monitoring accomplished by the Library reveals the need for improving the processes of planning, coordination and assessment of science and research work. The library is able to facilitate this through providing access to science resources and databases within the subject scope of user inquiries. Based on the Russian and foreign publications, the current state of secondary information resources is analyzed. The recommendations on information analysis and preservation are given. The accumulated materials enabled to generate universal selection and reviewing criteria for the secondary information sources based on their completeness, relevancy, profile compliance, urgency, user friendliness. It is important that scientists and researchers are involved in building the system as well as the librarians providing and updating access to the resources. The researches at Physicochemical Biology Center are provided with the access to the secondary resources to meet their subject inquiries in prompt and efficient manner and to support scientometrical and patent researches.

The article of mosaic structure comprises the materials of the panel discussion “Collaboration & community. The transition to open access” held by Copyright Clearance Center (USA) within the framework London Book Fair in April, 2018. These materials (arguments presented by four discussion participants, experts in scholarly publishing: a publisher of Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University librarian, expert of Royal Society of Chemistry, and Executive Director of Knowledge Unlatched, a crowdfunding platform), and the introduction speech by Christopher Kenneally, discussion moderator, were published on the discussion date and distributed to the participants. By courtesy of Christopher Kenneally and Alastair Horn in charge of the Academic Bulletin where the prematerials were first published, we are including the original English-language text, the translation and the author’s summary and arguments on expanding publication formats, e. g. outspreading of panel sessions at conferences. The article is aimed at two goals: to introduce readers to several issues of the open access system voiced at the discussion panel, and to analyze in detail the methods of audience communication (the technologies based on open access principles). The selection of materials, permission for translation into Russian (and the translation) as well as the permission for reprinting the original are accomplished by Andrey I. Zemskov, RNPLS&T leading researcher, who attended the discussion panel. He is also the author of the summary review on the new publication and public exposure model as an open access version.

Training of library professionals in the circumstances of transforming modern society is examined. The reasons for deteriorating librarian image are discussed, along the ways to preserve and prospects for the profession. The resources for library profession and libraries modernization within the context of developing library higher school based on sciences convergence, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity are specified. The relevance and prospects for library profession, social and economic efficiency of library activities are examined with consideration of triad functional relations between libraries — higher professional schools — science. The transition to the new educational paradigm in the library and information sphere is examined against the background of the developing library innovative activity and the National Project “The culture” (2019–2024). The focus is also made on educating bachelors and masters in the discipline “Library and information work” (federal education standard FGOS 3++). The project activities are seen as a means of sociocultural design with the library and information instruments. The professional interaction in education is developing within the subject scope reflection contradictions between the sociocultural paradigm of the higher education and the pragmatic intellectual labor market, and between the higher school’s assessment scale and the market.

The paper analyzes the importance of geological knowledge for solving a wide range of practical problems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of the research of scientists and specialists in 2012–2018 in Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Mining, Geodesy and cartography on the basis of RSCI databases (Russian science citation index). The analysis was carried out taking into account a number of scientometric indicators: the publication activity of researchers – the annual number of their publications, as well as the citation of these publications and the demand for the results of their work. Features of publication activity are revealed: high values of its indicators for Geology and Geophysics and minimum values – for Geodesy and cartography; thus the number of publications on Geography and Mining approximately coincide. For Geology, there is stability in the number of publications since 2015, while in other analyzed industries there is a decline in the number of publications since 2017. Citation rates for all years under review are continuously decreasing. At the same time, in the field of Geophysics, citation rates are 3–4 times higher than similar indicators for Geography, and 7–9 times – indicators for Mining. The most popular are the results of research in Geophysics, the least – in the field of Geodesy and cartography. At the same time, if the annual demand for the results of studies in Geophysics exceeds similar indicators for Geography by 15–20%, for Geodesy and cartography – about 1.5 times. Low demand for all areas of research in 2018. The reason is obviously the same as for the small citation indicators this year: the delayed "response" of the scientific community to the publications of the current year.

Ongoing and methodologically rigorous management of resources in the information and library web-environment affects its efficient advance. The author examines the problems of the new stage of management in the area. She provides general characteristics and definition of the term “iManagement” (Internet-management), substantiates the scholarly and applied potential of analytical instruments of library web-resources. She also emphasizes that the competent use of the analytical instruments facilitates efficient analysis of web-resources in the digital environment. The selection of analytical instruments depends upon the resource type (official www-site, account, blog, conference www-site or library event web-page, etc.) and upon the target goals. Acquiring and analyzing webometrics with analytical instruments make one of the basic reorganization methods. The paper goal is to study ways of managing www-site contents with webometrical indicators and to design the generic cycle for managing library web-resources. The advantages of the single system of library web-resources management are identified. The stages of management cycle are characterized in brief, as well as their sequence, i. e. goal setting, monitoring, analysis, planning, control, and decision making.