Introduction. The article is devoted to substantiating the choice of full-text databases of scientific journals for national subscription and, accordingly, companies providing access to such databases. The necessity of automating the selection of such databases and companies is substantiated. Previous studies on this topic have not been conducted.

Materials and Methods. The article analyzes the activity of Kazakhstani scientists in three priority areas of scientific research for Kazakhstan: nanotechnology, regenerative medicine and robotics. The studies were conducted on arrays of articles and using the standard tools and functionality of Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection, the global citation indices.

Results. The authors report the data on the Kazakhstan publication activity in the three priority areas: 68 and 60 articles of Kazakhstan researchers were analyzed, respectively, in Scopus and Web of Science. Nazarbaev University leads the publication rating in three priority areas with 32 publications indexed in Scopus. The international databases recommended for the national subscription and the companies, suppliers of the databases were identified. A new approach to justifying the choice of the repertoire of scientific journal databases for a national subscription is proposed and justified.

Discussion and Conclusion. In order to provide full-fledged informational support for research and stimulate publication activity in such priority areas for Kazakhstan as nanotechnology, regenerative medicine and robotics, it is proposed to include in the national subscription the databases of scientific journals provided by IEEE, Springer and Wiley. In order to obtain search results by such criteria as publishers/aggregators, it is proposed to develop the tools for generating statistical reporting in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. It is suggested to automate the process of determining the popularity of the databases of scientific journals and their providers with the goal of national subscription to the full-text databases they supply. 

The development of COUNTER usage statistics code of practice (de facto standard) during 2003–2016 is considered. It is demonstrated what issues in developing four successive versions of standard resulted in its substantial redesign fulfilled during 2016–2018 and implemented in COUNTER 5. New conceptual structure of COUNTER 5 (effective from January 1st, 2019) with its three components “objects — metrics — attributes” is described. New opportunities of statistical reports generation allowing to combine different attributes and metrics are analyzed. New standard reports are described and commented. Differences in summary statistics data compared to previous year data are explained. The importance of standardized usage data from content providers not COUNTER compliant yet is stressed.

Purpose. The present work investigates the impact of the pedagogy approaches in the teaching e-resource of low-motivated students.

Materials and Methods. The pilot study involves about 1000 first-year undergraduates of the North-West Institute of Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (NWIM RANEPA). Introductory part of the lecture is traditional. “Motivational” part varies depending on e-resource and includes a demonstration of all possible advantages for target audience — uniqueness, quality, advantages over open resources. In addition, the material is organized so as to provide multiple entries into the interface.

Results. We studied statistics of visits to e-resources for 2 calendar years (before the introduction of new methods in 2016 and after — in 2017), and conducted surveys of students at the end of training. We got the apparent increase of visits when the pedagogical approach and the methods of training are changed.

Discussion and conclusions. Research findings have illustrated the importance of support to the low-motivated students in their educational process by new approaches to the training. The librarian-teacher in this role is the link between the e-resource and the consumer, and their role is important for achieving the best results for both the organization and students. The authors are conscious that the interest in subscription resources would probably decline in the future. The keeping this interest is beyond the scope of this study. The data obtained and the conclusions made can be useful at all stages of the students’ training at any year of study. 

This article presents the modern aspects of the formation digital objects of copyright (DOC) in the digital economy, as well as their function in modern scientific communication. The peculiarities of copyright protection are analyzed within the framework of traditional protection institutions, as well as using digital technologies based on distributed registries. Using the example of an object of copyright “sociological data” presented in digital form, its structure and description are presented for placement on the IPUniversity platform created by leading Russian universities to test fixing models and sharing the results of intellectual activity.

The Interest of RAS Organizations to Resources of National Electronic Subscription, suggested by Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Russian Fond for Basic Research (RFBR) and this Resources Practical Using are considered. This Consideration is made, using the Example of the Access to these Resources from the Library for Natural Sciences (LNS) RAS Centralized Library Net (CLN) Libraries and served by these Net’s Libraries Scientific Organizations of RAS. Role and Positions of the Libraries in this Process is estimated. The Need of the Provision of maximally broader Access for Scientists from the Libraries (as well as Access from the Scientific Organizations directly) is approved.