The Seraly Kaniev Library is a modern library and information environment, tools and resources for studying and research.
The First Floor of the Library
The first floor of the library building is intended for communication between library visitors: students with teachers and with each other; consultations on issues of academic honesty and publication activity; holding seminars, trainings, conferences, etc.
On the first floor there is a conference hall, an academic writing center, a cafeteria, rooms for individual and group work and relaxation; a computer lab; and a museum.
The museum in the library is a tribute to people who have dedicated many years of their lives to serving education and science and have made a great contribution to the development of the university.
Conference hall – a space equipped with modern presentation technologies for exchanging ideas, holding seminars, meetings, trainings and conferences.
Relaxation room – a comfortable and quiet space for use during study breaks. It is designed to relieve stress, receive psychological consultations during exam sessions, and increase productivity in studies or work.
The Academic Writing Center, individual and group work rooms, the relaxation room, and the conference room can all be booked for their intended use in advance.
Readers can book the individual and group work rooms for 2 hours per day.
Readers can book a place in the relaxation room for 45 minutes per day.
1st Floor Library Plan for Reservations
Children’s playroom – a safe environment specially equipped for young mothers and their children.
Mother’s room – place of rest and care for infants.
Computer lab – laboratory with up-to-date computer equipment.
☕ Cafeteria (Mosaic) – a nice place to enjoy delicious food and coffee and chat with friends.
Library users also have access to drinking water fountains on the first and second floors of the library.
The first floor also houses the library staff’s space, designed as an “open office”. The office is equipped in accordance with modern requirements and provides all the conditions for the library staff to work effectively. It has separate offices for the library director and her deputy, who perform administrative functions. The work places of the staff of the Acquisitions and Cataloging Department are also located there. The department is engaged in replenishing the library’s collection with high-quality literature, scientific systematization and processing of newly received publications.
The library staff’s space has a meeting room for exchanging opinions, discussing new ideas and making important decisions for the development of the library and improving the information and library services it provides.
All library departments are focused on the balanced, effective and productive work of the library.
The Second Floor of the Library
On the second floor of the Library there are two reading halls: Western and Eastern.
The reading halls are equipped with up-to-date security systems against unauthorized removal of literature in the form of anti-theft gates and a video surveillance system.
In both reading halls, RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has been implemented to provide library users with the opportunity for self-service using self-service stations installed there. Self-service stations allow users to take books for home loan themselves and then take them out of the reading hall without hindrance.
On-duty librarians in both reading halls will help you select literature for your research work, systematize bibliographic references and compile bibliography.
West Reading Hall
The Western Reading Hall is the largest of the reading halls of the Seraly Kaniev Library. Its space is an indispensable environment for students and researchers seeking deep knowledge and reliable information in various fields of science. A quiet atmosphere, a spacious and bright room, comfortable chairs and a rich book collection on all branches of knowledge relevant to the university, developing the intellectual potential of the reader – all this is designed in accordance with modern standards in library design.
The following main information resources of the library in printed form are collected here:
Social and humanity sciences: national and foreign publications on philosophy, psychology, history, political science, pedagogy, cultural studies, linguistics and literature, etc.
Natural sciences: textbooks and scientific works on biology, ecology, chemistry, geography, physics, mathematics and other disciplines.
Reference publications: encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books are reliable sources for obtaining accurate, reliable and up-to-date information.
For teachers and PhD students – an exclusive information space: a room for faculty and doctoral students, in which PhD and master’s dissertations, as well as rare publications are collected in one place.
Rare collection and documents: a collection of literature and old publications of historical and cultural value.
Dissertations: a collection of defended doctoral and candidate dissertations demonstrating the scientific potential of the university.
Periodicals: Kazakhstani newspapers, as well as national and foreign magazines – a source of up-to-date information and an overview of modern trends in education and science.
Electronic resources
Electronic books, scientific articles and licensed databases of scientific journals – all this is just one step away – on the library web portal:
https://library.qyzpu.edu.kz/ .
Self-service stations
Today, the library, thanks to the use of up-to-date technologies, has become an information center providing students, teachers and researchers with convenient and fast information and library services.
The self-service station is one such example. It allows students to independently take books, register them in their electronic form and return them after reading. Now there is no need to stand in line to see the librarian – everything is done by the student himself in a couple of minutes.
Advantages of the self-service station:
Efficiency: the process of receiving or returning a book is automated, fast and simple;
Time saving: no need to stand in line or wait for a librarian;
Confidentiality: the student himself selects, registers and returns the books he has taken to a specially designated table;
Innovation: Books are accounted for and information about them is processed in an automated library system using RFID technology.
Assistive Technology Room
The Western Reading Hall houses an assistive technologies room, which may be useful for library users with visual impairments. The room is equipped with the following equipment: a magnifier for zooming in on text; a personal computer with a Braille display; a Braille printer, etc.
Scanning/copying room
In each of the reading rooms, a multifunctional device is installed in a specially designated room, with the help of which a library user can independently scan or copy information materials necessary for study or research.
East Reading Hall
This is a collection of fiction in different languages of the world, books on folklore, art, etc. The reading hall is filled with meaningful literature that helps to develop the aesthetic taste and spirituality of readers.
The hall has a self-service station, with which a library user can independently register books on his/her electronic reader’s record and take them for his/her home loan or return books to the library after reading them.
Scanning/Copying Room
In each of the reading rooms, a multifunctional device is installed in a specially designated room, with the help of which a library user can independently scan or copy information materials necessary for his studies or research.
A special bookcrossing corner is organized in the library lobby. Here any visitor can take a book to read or leave his own and share it with others.
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Cultural and enlighten events and book exhibitions
The library regularly hosts various cultural and enlighten events. Literary meetings, book exhibitions, thematic seminars, creative evenings and free conversations with readers – all this is aimed at the intellectual development and spiritual enrichment of readers.
The library is not just a place to obtain information, but also a place where ideas are born, projects are created and future specialists are formed.
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