LIBRARY MISSION
The library of Kokshetau University named after Sh. Ualikhanov contributes to the intellectual development of learning, creativity and improvement of entrepreneurial and scientific culture in the university environment.
VISION
The Ualikhanov KU Library is the center of attraction of scientific, educational, informational, communicative and socio-cultural environment of the university.
Library History
The history of the library is inextricably linked with the history of education and development of the University named after Sh.Ualikhanov. The history of the library begins with the opening in 1962 of the Kokchetav Pedagogical Institute named after Sh.Ualikhanov.
The first fund of books was donated, which consisted of four hundred books. Many educational institutions sent donations of books from their library funds as a book exchange. In different years, enthusiastic professionals headed the library. Since 1967, the department of literature processing and the department of bibliography were opened.
In 1979, along with the formation of Kokchetav branch of Tselinograd Agricultural Institute were opened a reading room and a delivery desk room in the building of the Agricultural Institute. The library fund was replenished with new literature. From 1984 to 2007, the entire fund was transferred from the UDC to the LBC. In 2012 we implemented an automatized library and information system called KABIS, which has modules for automating library processes. Work on barcoding the educational literature was also carried out.
Nowadays the library is a modern center of information, education and culture. It promotes high-quality education and preparation of competitive specialists for the region and the country. The library carries out scientifically grounded, complete and operative current and retrospective acquisition of library fund, realizes satisfaction of inquiries of readers on the literature, by its giving out to the readers, provision and use of information resources of library, realization of cultural-mass programs for students, teaching staff and researchers. The library meets the needs of all reading groups arising in the process of educational and research processes.
The uniqueness of the library is its collection, which consists of more than 730,000 items of educational and scientific literature and a rare collection, which consists of 680 copies of printed works published in the 19th century in Kazakh, Russian, German and English. The main part of the entire collection consists of encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference books.
Annually, the MegaPro library is replenished with periodicals, abstracts and dissertations, works of the Faculty, bibliographic indexes on printed and electronic media. In order to digitize the fund, a CZUR book scanner (M3000 Pro series) was purchased.
Since 2020, the electronic library systems Epigraf, Aknurpress and the Republican Interuniversity Electronic Library (RIEL) have been acquired annually, providing textbooks and teaching aids for all areas of study.
A special place in the library's collection is occupied by the works of scientists of the Ualikhanov University. The electronic repository "Scientists of Shokan Ualikhanov Kokshetau University", which contains digitized materials of the works of renowned scientists of the university.
There are reading rooms and a delivery desk room in the five academic buildings of the university. The electronic reading room of the Higher School of Medicine has access to electronic databases and formed a fund with literature in three languages. A 36-month subscription to the content of the Cochrane Library databases, including the CDSR, the Central Registry of Clinical Trials CENRAL, and the Cochrane Clinical Guidelines CCA, was purchased. Also, students of the Higher School of Medicine actively use electronic databases. The book fund is constantly being updated with new educational literature.
There is a modern electronic reading room in the main building. Member of the Board of Directors of Enactus Kazakhstan and founder of the Reading Club project Azamat Utenov donated more than 200 books to the fund of the reading room, which are in great demand among students.
As part of the national subscription, access to external electronic resources is provided in all reading rooms: Scopus - is a scientometric database that indexes a large amount of scientific content, Web of Science - is a scientific citation database, Wiley - is an online library of the Wiley publishing house. The PARAGRAPH information system and other scientific information databases are also available.
In order to automate library processes, the MegaPro automated library and information system was introduced to effectively serve users. Remote access to the library's collection and book ordering is carried out through the MegaPro electronic catalog.
The JAWS program is used in combination with the Focus 14 Blue ultraportable Braille display to ensure accessibility of educational materials for people with special educational needs. This device is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology, which allows users to interact with text information through relief-dot Braille. The JAWS program provides speech synthesis and screen access support, which allows people with visual impairments to fully work with digital educational resources, including text documents, web pages, and specialized software products.
For the further development of the library, it is planned to increase the number of users of global digital platforms and domestic electronic resources in the scientific and educational process. Conducting active information work in order to effectively use electronic libraries will contribute not only to the modernization of library infrastructure, but also to improving the overall level of digital literacy of users.
Head of the Ualikhanov University Library, Master of Arts - Anieva Nurgul Galymovna
Office number: 40-26-83
E-mail: library@shokan.edu.kz
Address: Temirbekov, 30
