1. Usievich Street, 20 Moscow, 125190, Russia
ALL-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNICAL INFORMATION of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VINITI RAN)
Usievich Street, 20
Moscow, , Russia

2. History and present time
VINITI RAN
History and present time
Founded – 1952 by Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Since that time – the leading information center in former Soviet Union (USSR), and now – in Russia and CIS countries
Today – one of the main producers of scientific and technical information in the world

3. VINITI RAN
Main goals Main tasks
To supply the national and world community with scientific and technical information about the achievements in fundamental, natural, engineering and applied sciences
To produce the information products and services on the basis of world and Russian scientific and technical publications

4. Main directions of activity
VINITI RAN
Main directions of activity
To produce the information products in print and electronic forms
To provide information services on the basis of own and foreign information products and literature collections in print and electronic forms
To conduct scientific research in the field of scientific and technical information

5. Main information products
VINITI RAN
Main information products
Abstract Journal in print form – Referativnyi Zhurnal – VINITI’s RZh
Abstract Database – VINITI’s DB
Abstract Journal in electronic form – VINITI’s e-RZh

6. VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZh
VINITI RAN
VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZh
Published since 1952 continuously
Periodical publication with monthly or bimonthly issues
Annually includes about 1 million indexed documents as abstracts, summaries and bibliography of scientific and technical primary publications
Sources from 70 countries on 40 languages
Includes 70% - foreign documents, 30% - Russian documents
Consists of 28 summary subject volumes with 208 sections, each of which is issued independently as well, plus 41 subject sections not included in summary volumes

7. Main subject fields of issues
VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZh
Main subject fields of issues
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Earth Sciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Mining)
Environmental Science
Life Sciences and Medicine
Mathematics and Computer Science
Physics and Astronomy
Automatic Equipment and Electronics (including Computers, Radio Engineering, Communications)
Electrical Engineering and Energy
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgy and Welding
Transport and Logistics
Economics and Management
Information and Library Science
Printing and Publishing

8. VINITI’s Abstract Database
VINITI RAN
VINITI’s Abstract Database
One of the world largest documental database
Contains about 28 million records since 1981 till present time
19 subject divisions as separate DB
Multidisciplinary file joining all divisions since 2000
Main distribution - online access on VINITI’s Internet-platform with monthly updating
Different selects on the user’s requests on CD-, DVD-ROM’s or FTP

9. VINITI’s Electronic Abstract Journal - e-RZh
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VINITI’s Electronic Abstract Journal - e-RZh
Full analogue of RZh in print form
Issued since 1995 in DOS and Windows
Friendly user interface with broad search possibilities:
- browse of content of the issue
- listing it from page to page
- search using subject and author indexes
- subject and author search on all textual fields

10. Other products in print form
VINITI RAN
Other products in print form
Review publications, including periodical reviews and irregular issues of special publication «Progress in Science and Technology» («Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki» - INT)
Express information Bulletins
Problem-oriented abstract and information periodicals (collected papers, bulletins)
Bibliographic periodical index «Deposited scientific manuscripts»
Periodicals and monographs on the theory and practice of scientific and technical information

11. Specialized information databases
VINITI RAN
Specialized information databases
-Factual database on Structural chemistry
-Document-factual database «Corrosion»
Full-text database of the journal «Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsiya» («Scientific and Technical Information»).
Archive since 1997 in open access from the VINITI’s web-site

12. Main sources of primary information for VINITI’s products and services
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Main sources of primary information for VINITI’s products and services
Periodicals and Serials in print and electronic forms - main source % of all information included in VINITI’s products
Books - monographs, collected papers, reports of scientific conferences, textbooks for institutions of higher education etc.
Deposited scientific manuscripts - “grey literature” type of documents
Other documents - patents, standards, dissertations etc.

13. Main channels of foreign journals input flow for VINITI’s products
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Main channels of foreign journals input flow for VINITI’s products
Literature sent free from publishers for coverage - 31%
Online full-text resources - 22%
Free of charge - 15%
International Book Exchange - 12%
Using the collections of other libraries - 10%
Subscription on print or print+online forms - 4%
Other - 10%

14. VINITI RAN
Some statistics about annual input document flow for VINITI’s information products
Total volume of input flow - more than documents
Foreign journals and serials – about 6000 titles and issues - from 70 countries on 40 languages
Russian journals and serials - about 3500 titles and issues
Russian books – about copies
Author preprints of Russian dissertations – copies
Foreign books and thesis – 1500 copies
Patents and other documents – more than copies

15. VINITI RAN
Input flow in electronic form from foreign full-text online resources - more than titles in total
Elsevier Publishing journals, and journals from other publishers on ScienceDirect Platform (about 500 titles)
EBSCO Publishing (11 full-text DB)
Springer Publishing Journals
Kluwer Publishing Journals
Blackwell Publishing Journals
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press Journals and Reference Resources

16. Foreign Databases for VINITI’s users
VINITI RAN
Foreign Databases for VINITI’s users
Present subscription:
DB «SCOPUS»
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory online
Cochrane Library on CD-ROM
Subscription in nearest future
DB INSPEC

17. VINITI’s Library Collection
VINITI RAN
VINITI’s Library Collection
Total volume - 2 million documents, including:
- Foreign journals issues
- Russian journals issues
- Russian books copies
- Foreign books copies
- Deposited manuscripts documents since 1962
- Microfilms and microfiches copies since 1970-s’

18. VINITI RAN
Deposit of manuscripts (scientific articles and other non-published documents)
Specific activity - to accept scientific papers for endless storage
Specific document is formed - deposited manuscript (DM) - the kind of grey literature
DM acquires the status of published document after depositing process and publishing the information in special bibliographic index
Beginning of the activity (first documents were accepted)
Present collection of DM - about documents
Annual present flow - more than 2500 manuscripts

19. Library and Information Services
VINITI RAN
Library and Information Services
Library - service for individual internal and external users with primary documents and their copies in print and electronic forms on the basis of VINITI’s collection of literature and accessible electronic resources
Information service:
- supporting of online access to VINITI’s DB
- providing with secondary (abstract and bibliographic) subject information of individual users and organizations according to their requests on the basis of VINITI’s and foreign DB and online resources
- other forms of information service
Document Delivery Service with copies of documents in print and electronic forms

20. VINITI’s USERS VINITI RAN
Scientific Research Organizations of Russian Academy of Sciences
Institutions of Higher Education – Institutes, Universities, Academies
Industrial Enterprises
Commercial and Private Limited Companies
Government Organizations
Individual Users – scientists and specialists, lecturers, postgraduates, students and others

21. VINITI and GSNTI VINITI RAN
Leading organization in Russian State System of Scientific and Technical Information (GSNTI)
Leading role in production of normative and methodological documents and state standards in information and library work
Main producer of Russian classification system - State Rubricator of STI
Main Russian partner in production and distribution of international classifications - Iniversal Decimal Classification (UDC)

22. VINITI – navigator on STI Russian and world online resources
VINITI RAN
VINITI – navigator on STI Russian and world online resources
Works out general requirements needed for creation, presentation and use of online information resources
Creates scientific portals
Participates in Federal Special Programs including “Electronic Russia” and “Electronic Earth”

23. Thank you for your attention!
Svetlana Yashukova, PhD, Economy
Deputy Director, VINITI RAN
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