MISSION

Developing an inclusive and ergonomic environment for professional and personal growth of users and library staff based on effective and productive management of information resources and tools, as well as the exchange of knowledge and innovations in various fields of knowledge, including librarianship.

VISION

• A key partner of the University in the creation and implementation of ideas and services that promote advanced forms of teaching and learning in a changing global world, in research activities and the implementation of the University’s third mission.
• A center for academic excellence in librarianship with a modernized, comfortable space for working with information and productive communication, equipped with modern information and communication technologies, with a relevant and popular collection of scientific, educational and fiction literature, satisfying the needs of the most sophisticated researcher, student in the field of pedagogical and humanitarian sciences.
• A leading information and reference, cultural and educational center, providing all categories of users with free and comfortable access to local and global information resources.
• A center for industrial practice for students of library and information specialties and advanced training for library workers of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
• • An active participant in international collaborations and projects.

VALUES

• Professionalism
• Kindness
• Collaboration  
• Flexibility/Adaptability

STRATEGIC GOALS

The strategic goals of the Seraly Kaniyev Research Library (RL) of the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University (KNWTTU) have been developed with the aim of maximizing the effectiveness of the library’s strengths and capabilities and minimizing the negative impact of its weaknesses and threats it faces. The mission, key values ​​and strategic goals of the Strategy of “Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University” JSC for 2025-2029 are the basis for the priorities, strategy and evaluation criteria for the development of the KNWTTU Library.

The KNWTTU Strategy for 2023-2029 defines the following as the main strategic goal:

To become a leader and innovator in the field of pedagogical education and science.

To achieve the goal, the following program areas have been defined:

1. improving the efficiency and ensuring the quality of the educational process;
2. sustainable development of research activities;
3. targeted management of the student’s personality development system;
4. creating an inclusive and digital ecosystem of the University in accordance with the best world practices;
5. integration of the University into the global educational space.

The special attention in the KNWTTU Strategy is paid to the upbringing of a healthy, purposeful, conscious, spiritually rich and moral personality as the most important guarantor of the existence of the state and its future peaceful development. For this purpose, the following public associations work at the university: the public organization “League of Volunteers of Kazakhstan”, the debate club “Union of Real Leaders”, the literary club “Ak Kauyrsyn”, the information and educational creative club “Zhastar media”.

Based on the program directions of the KNWTTU development for 2023-2029, the strategic goals of the Library for 2025-2029 are:

1. Accumulating and developing information resources that meet the program directions and mission of the university, the needs of students, teachers, and researchers of the university, stimulating the development and realization of their creative and professional potential, their innovative activities and publication activity, as well as their international cooperation;
2. Improving the forms of information and library services based on the implementation of up-to-date information and communication technologies and innovative services; active and ongoing interaction with the academic communities of the institutes and colleges of the university, as well as its administration; taking into account the individual needs and preferences of library users; participation in interlibrary cooperation; creating information resources of our own generation and receiving regular feedback from the academic community of the university on the resources and services offered by the library;
3. Information and library support for sustainable and effective development of research activities at the university by coordinating the activities of the Academic Writing Center at the library; providing consultations on various aspects of the information and publication components of research activities and creating relevant thematic guidelines; maintaining the content and metadata of the university’s institutional repository;
4. Planned and systematic performing, together with the relevant structural divisions of the university and public organizations at the university, cultural and educational events aimed at developing a healthy, purposeful, conscious, spiritually rich and moral personality of the student, as well as anti-stress events for students during exam sessions;
5. Improving the physical space of the library in order to provide the necessary comfortable conditions for library users to work with information resources, their productive communication and cooperation, for students to work together on projects and academic assignments, and to integrate the library space into the inclusive and digital ecosystem of the university;
6. Systematic and planned improvement of the professional and personal potential of library employees through their participation in courses for advanced professional development, both at the KNWTTU and at other organizations, the implementation by the library of its own forms of advanced training and innovative projects, participation in professional formations and events created and held by library associations at the national and international levels;
7. Promoting a positive image of the university as a center of academic excellence in Kazakhstani society and internationally through the activities of the library as a center of academic excellence in the field of librarianship, providing information resources that meet modern requirements, material and technical base and personnel, being a place of industrial practice for students of library specialties at the university; through the active and productive participation of leading library staff as instructors in courses for improving the professional qualifications of librarians at the university; membership and work in national and international library associations and consortia.

🏢 The Library Infrastructure at Present

The modernized library is equipped according to the contemporary standards. Its total area is 4,295 m², of which 1,000 m² on the basement floor are allocated for storing the book collections. The library has more than 1 million storage units: textbooks, teaching aids, scientific literature, fiction and other auxiliary materials. More than 25,000 books are on the open shelves in the reading rooms on the second floor of the library.

The library works with the automated library information system “IRBIS-64+”. Thanks to the system data on new acquisitions: textbooks, periodicals, as well as articles by teachers and researchers are entered. The title of the book, author, year of publication, information about the publisher and other bibliographic information are entered into the system. The system maintains the open access catalog (OPAC) on the library web-site.

The reading rooms are equipped with RFID technology: self-service stations and ID card readers are installed; a number of visitors are counted. These technologies provide quick and convenient access to library resources and automate the work of employees.

🌐 Access to international licensed databases

With the development of the digital environment of science and education, the library plays an important role by providing access to scientific databases. Users can connect to paid resources through license agreements – both within the library and remotely. Access is possible through registration or an IP address of the University, which allows you to search and download scientific materials from anywhere in the world. Library staff conduct training and consultations, teaching users how to effectively search for information in databases and the rules for their use.

🗂 The Library Space

🏛 The First Floor:

• Administrative office

• Academic publications center

• Conference room and 2 simultaneous translation booths

• Library history museum

• 3 group work booths

• Computer room for 20 people

• Relaxation room

• Mother and child room

• Cafeteria and technical rooms

🏛 The Second Floor:

• West and East reading halls

• Separate room for faculty and PhD students

• Office with assistive technologies for users with special needs

🎓 A Spiritual and Educational Center

Seraly Kaniyev Research Library of the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University is a spiritual and intellectual space where knowledge, science, national spirit and history intersect. It serves as an important information, cultural and intellectual center for students and teachers.