The following library staff members serve as subject librarians at the institutes and college of the Kazakh National Women’s Pedagogical University:
| Institute of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts | Bakyt Sagyndyk, Gauhar Omirbekova |
| Institute of Natural Sciences | Ardak Anesova, Assel Ospan |
| Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology | Guldana Kaliyeva, Aigul Burgybaeva |
| Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Digital Technologies | Ulbala Nysanbaeva, Nazira Almekeeva |
| Institute of Philology | Ayaulym Nessipbay |
| College of Vocational Education | Svetlana Mirkenova |
Functions of a subject librarian:
A subject librarian is a library expert who acts as an intermediary between the library and a specific institute or department of a university and provides targeted information support to faculty, students, and researchers of the relevant institute in the educational and research processes.
His/Her functions:
Interaction with faculty:
- Request collection and information. Receiving requests from faculty for the purchase of new literature and textbooks, informing faculty about print and electronic publications that correspond to the subjects of their courses.
- Collection promotion. Notifying faculty and departments about new library acquisitions and access to international databases.
- Feedback. Assessing faculty and student satisfaction with the quality and accessibility of library resources.
Research Support
- Consulting. Assistance to researchers in selecting materials for dissertations, articles, and grants.
Regional Collection Management
- Acquisition. Development of a book and electronic collection strictly in line with the institute’s areas of study and research.
- Relevance Analysis. Proposals for removing outdated publications from the collection and subscriptions to specialized electronic information resources.
- Monitoring. Monitoring the availability of required academic literature in the syllabi of academic disciplines that meets the university’s accepted quality criteria.
Educational activities
- Information Literacy Training. Conducting training for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students on effective information search in academic databases and analysis of search results.
- Resource Integration. Assisting faculty in integrating links to information resources available in or through the library into the distance learning system.
- Consulting. Assistance in preparing bibliographies and citations according to GOST or international standards (APA, Harvard).