This contract will enable The Book Fund library to feature an eBook catalogue of World Scientific Publishing on its website www.knigafund.ru with further WSPС books extension online on the territory of Russian Federation.

World Scientific Publishing Company specializes in scientific literature with a worldwide readership. The company has established itself as one of the leading publishers in the scientific sector, and is the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. Much of its literature is in the specialized areas of natural sciences, nanotechnologies and computer science. World Scientific also co-founded the London-based Imperial College Press (ICP) with London University’s Imperial College. Nanotechnology and Nanoscience is one of the well-known subjects by ICP.

The choice to publish on Nanotechnology is motivated by the dynamic development of this research field in Russia. Attracting talented students to this field is among the primary goals. For this purpose Rosnano corporation holds young experts contests and grants and Moscow State University plans to build the Innovative Nanotechnologies Centre. Therefore there is an ever growing need for easy to access publications in this field.

Currently educational literature on nanotechnologies can be found mainly in public libraries. It is difficult to find actual research papers on the internet in Russia. Online-library The Book Fund has taken the first steps to correct this and soon every library user will have an easy access to WSPС scientific literature.

World Scientific Publishing Co regularly publishes the research of prestigious universities and outstanding scientists, the winners of Nobel Prizes amongst them. WSPС books are approved and recommended by California Institute of Technology, Harvard and Princeton universities.

The first results of The Book Fund Library and World Scientific Publishing cooperation will appear in early December 2009, when the first selection of eBooks on nanotechnologies and other subject areas will be featured online at www.knigafund.ru .

About Us:

The BookFund project was developed by Digital Distribution Center Ltd (Moscow, Russia). www.knigafund.ru  - a virtual library portal that will provide the functionality and opportunity of working with library books and abstracts in the Russian market. The BookFund project aimed to maintain content protection, thus relieving the content owner's worries from abuse of IP.