The history of the Shokan Ualikhanov regional universal scientific library began in 1898 in the city of Aulieata, as a public library. The book collection of the first library had 460 copies of books, 4 newspapers, 10 magazines.
On May 11, 1965, the library was named after the first Kazakh educator Shokan Ualikhanov.
To date, the book collection amounts to 285904 copies.
- The library has 187 electronic resources covering scientific and educational fields, 16,000 copies of scientific abstracts. Scientific abstracts are used by professors, teachers, undergraduates and students. On average, the library fund receives about 60 thousand books a year, which are delivered to all regions.
In 1973-1974, a depository fund was opened in the library. Rare books are collected in the depository fund. The names of the 600 most valuable books of the depository fund are included in the catalog of the "Book Museum" in Almaty.
In order to support the creative intelligentsia born in the Aulieatinsk region, and to widely promote the works of local poets and writers, the projects "Zhazushymenir kun" and "El bolyp okimyz" were implemented.
As part of the Roadmap program, a major renovation of the library was carried out in 2010.
There are Relaxation areas, a Broadcasting hall and an "Open Library" - a library without a librarian, designed for holding modern decorated business meetings, master classes, various evenings dedicated to sharing the history of personal achievements, etc. There are clubs of interest at the library "Kalamger", "Dastur", "Zhas sayasatker".
To date, 213 digitized information and coworking centers have been opened in 139 rural districts at libraries.
The book collection consists of 285904 copies, including 106378 copies in the state language. The total collection of rare publications in the library is 1,021 copies.
Zhambyl Regional Children's and Youth Library named after D.A.Konaev
The children's library was opened in 1958 with 3,000 copies on the background. June 27, 2017-the library was opened by dinmukhameda Akhmetuly Konayeva.
The library does not only protect the library fund, but also includes various ways to improve the spiritual development of children and children, implement projects and events with the goal of popularization of books and works.
Projects, competition, Club, mugs in the regional children's and youth library named after D. A. Konaeva: competition: Republican online competition "Oku okir" ("reading Krai"), " Know Your History, respect your personality!"the regional competition of young researchers, the regional competition "Otbasy – Altyn mast", the fanfiction competition "the book closes, the story continues" ("the book is published, the story continues").
Projects: social project "Family ambulance" ("Family Care"), Project "the world with the book is kind and bright" ("with the world better and brighter"), "plan for the future with a new educational institution" ("plan for the future with a new educational institution"), Project "100 questions for older people" ("100 questions for older people"), "how to what to do?"project online Laboratory, Project" literary cinema " ("literary Cinema"), Project" intelligentsia", project " read! Get acquainted! Know!", project "KIDS STAR", ecoproject" EcoLand", project" Islands in the book Ocean "("islands in the Ocean"), Project" Theater and book", program" mentor ship".
Club: Zhalyndy zhastar, Zhas kalamger, Zere babushek club.
Lace: "skillful hands", "Magic Brush".
From 2016 knizhny Foundation dostig 110 059,
The number of cheaters is 10,900 years.
Zhambyl Regional Library for blind and Visually impaired citizens
The Special Library is a leisure and social center for people with special needs.
The library receives 3,000 readers annually, and about 120 cultural events are held. Thus, 484 visually impaired people are registered in the regional special library, as well as students of the Bolashak boarding school for blind and visually impaired children.
Special programs have been purchased: a typhoid computer kit and a 4x4 PRO Braille printer, DBT Win 10. SU1 - the DUXBARRY system (six-point L. Braille), access to the publication of books and the release of various editions in Braille.
With the help of this device, works of art by Kazakhstani authors, books related to the anniversaries of local poets and writers, methodological manuals are published in Braille, provided to blind readers and distributed in the service departments of blind readers of district libraries. Since 2014, 1,155 copies of books in Braille have been released. There is also a SARA CE reading machine (camera version) in the library.
This device is designed for scanning book and printed materials, and is also accompanied by a voice-over function in Kazakh, English and Russian.
Relief-graphic techniques on various topics were also produced and presented using the tactile-graphic device "PIAF". Tactile books for children are published quarterly as part of the Special Books for Special Children project.
To improve the quality of services provided to readers, and to quickly search for books in the library, the AIS AK RK program for special libraries has been installed. To search for the necessary documents, reference and search information is filled in, compiled from traditional card catalogs and card files, prepared using relief-dot and flat-print fonts. The library's Book Collection (ASSBRK) is fully integrated into the program for special libraries.
To attract blind readers to the library who cannot come to the library, the "Home Reader" service works.
The responsible librarian delivers relief-point, electronic and voiced literature twice a month at the request of readers, as well as book exchange.
The Typhlology department hosts a Braille section that teaches reading and writing in the Braille system, as well as classes on the computer course "Blind and Computer" for blind and visually impaired users. The training course consists of 20 lessons.
The training takes place using the JAWS program and a mechanical machine.
The total fund is 39965 copies. Of these:
- Relief-POINT-5444
- Voiced-6905
- FLAT-PRINTED-27359
- Electronic- 182
- Relief and graphic manual-75
