The leading Russian universities, such as Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU), pursue a policy of openness. The number of different digital collections, thematic portals and subject indexes are increased. Also the internal databases of all the faculty members' publications are created. In parallel, centralized resources of online courses appeared. However, these positive changes mainly relate to the initiatives of the high university management. In the conditions of a certain disintegration of the different areas of Russian science, there is a search for new ways for cooperation, initiated by scientific community itself.