Abstract: On the one hand, project «SFU Smart Library» is based on a reader's leading role in the library, on the other, on the automazed satisfying of reader's requirements. As we know the main purpose of university library reader (student), we understand requirements of education materials for contemporary subjects. SFU specialists work on the development of several automazed units pegged to personal account of a reader (student). Methodological part of the project represents revealing and satisfying university reader's requirements in the form of downloads and upgrading of recommended literature for contemporary subjects.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of scientific publications: rapid publication and simplified access for articles about the virus, open access for a time of self-isolation in the world, and in Russia. There is an impressive difference between the number of readers for Russian scientific articles in open access and in paid access. The policy of journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Impressive growth in readership of CyberLeninka. Online meeting of the dissertation council. eLibrary news. Comprehensive publication activity score from the Ministry of education and science.

Abstract: Collection development and library attendance changes in U.S. considered in light of growing use of electronic resources compared to resources on paper. Methods to increase usefulness of licensed databases, library online catalogs and web sites discussed. Metadata formats for description of electronic documents and collections, logical structures of electronic resources as well as standards for metadata harvesting and sharing briefly reviewed. Changes in library education and new responsibilities of librarians dealing with electronic resources considered. Preservation of electronic resources, their impact on students and libraries discussed.

Abstract: The results about the plagiarism problem are presented. The reasons for its distribution in publishing and educational activities and ways of eradication are considered. Such root causes of this phenomenon as: loss of trust tradition in publishing activity with updating authors; insensitivity to publishing ethics of the modern authors grown up in the period of loyalty to plagiarism; commercialization of anti-plagiarism campaigns; weak motivation of authors to publishing activity. The concept about fairness as honest by J. Rawls is proposed to substantiate the methodological approach to solving the problem of dishonesty in publishing, including plagiarism. With its help, the idea about forming of relationships system "publishing-authors" on the basis of the justice principles as honesty is substantiated. The approach to the formation of the ethical framework for relations in the chain "publishing – authors – students – IT-managers – employers" on the basis of the justice principles, such as: equality rights of the requirements about their own benefits, mutual honesty; ethical restrictions on actions, that harm those in the worst position, which are students-readers. The procedure of development and coordination of justice principles in publishing activity with the help of the website of publishing house is offered. These principles should be reflected in the ethical code of publishing.

Abstract: The article presents the events that took place last year in the world of Russian scientific publications. There is a slow slide towards paid access of some academic journals turned in open access in 2018. The European Union has announced plan "S" for the mass transition of scientific journals to open access. New models of the scientific publication are introducing. Reporting on publications requested by the Ministry of education and science in 2019 does not take into account the size of the readership of the article. Neither the Ministry of education and science, nor the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) does not encourage publication in the public domain. In Russian Science Citation Index began the fight against widespread fraudulent trade in references to the article, but the HAC is not interested in this activity. A proliferation of contradictory the term "self-plagiarism" has spread. This label is widely stigmatized authors and journals for repeated publications.

Abstract: Discusses activities of the Republican library of the Tatar ASSR them. V.I. Lenin during the Great Patriotic war. The highlighted characteristic of this period of trend, consisting in the application of the composition of the reading groups, the development of mobile library points, moving the centre of gravity in service to the readers on military subjects, a decrease in the dynamics of recruitment literature, incompleteness of the library staff and the deterioration of conditions of work.

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Digital resources of the Russian State Library (RSL) are composed of the Digital Library including 11 collections, the largest of which and the one of the greatest demand is the Digital Dissertation Library, of the RSL Internet Store and of other electronic services. The Russian State Library is in a constant process of broadening its electronic collections, and it would develop the very system of its remote services for readers, too. Thus the RSL makes its contribution to the quality of science and education in Russia, to cultural education of the nation and to creation of a united library and information environment within the state.