On the eve of Independence Day, the staff of the Scientific Library Tota Alimbekerova and Gulshir Aitashova were awarded with a Certificate of Honor and a Letter of Appreciation from the rector of our university, as well as G. Aytashov received a letter of appreciation from the dean of the Faculty of Education.

Congratulations!!!

From 03.12 - 06.12.2019, a training seminar was held in the Nazarbayev University library as part of the advanced training of library workers of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan "A modern library of a higher educational institution: management, resources, technologies and forms of service."

The workshop consisted of several blocks:

Block 1. "Management in the university library." In this block, we listened about the development of professional qualities of a manager and project management in libraries.

Block 2. “Open Science” and “Open Access” Initiatives. "Institutional Repositories." We were introduced to how to create and promote an institutional repository, which platforms and registers exist.

Block 3. “Open Science” and “Open Access” Initiatives. Scientific journals. We learned about Open Science Journals indexed in Web of Science, and Clarivate Analytics’s Open Access policies, how to choose science journals for publication, and what criteria to determine predatory magazines.

Block 4. Final. Professional development of a librarian. Formation of media and information literacy. Summed up the workshop. All participants were awarded certificates as participants in the workshop.

Colleagues from all over our republic came to the seminar. I have established very warm, good relations with them. We shared our experience and became one team in practical classes.

The seminar left a lasting impression for our colleague, where she learned a lot of new and useful for practical application in the Scientific Library. The knowledge gained became her motivation for further work and the introduction of new ideas.

Reading is the best Teaching!

On November 28 at the WKSU named after M. Utemisov, the awarding ceremony for the best readers of 2019 was held, which became a kind of minute of fame for the nominees. The organizer of the event is the Scientific Library of WKSU named after M. Utemisov. The library is a cultural center that promotes a life path to science and education.The purpose of the competition is to show interest in reading books and the formation of an intelligent culture among students, the allocation of time for reading books in their lifestyle. The number of readers per year is 5850. For the year, the Scientific Library issues about one million books, the number of visits is 650,200 people.As a result of the event, Kinamaev Yernur won in the nomination “Most Active Reader”. He is interested in diverse literature, most of all loves to read classics. “The most loyal reader” was named Sarsengalieva Gulmira, who read 140 books. In the nomination "Reader of the Year - 2019", Shaikenov Arman was declared the winner. He not only reads a lot, but also takes an active part in the life of the library. Winners and participants of the competition were awarded with diplomas and prizes.