Another library in Almaty has started working 24/7

Almaty is actively implementing the practice of working around the clock libraries. It should be noted that a year ago, during the second meeting of the National Kurultai, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev put forward the initiative to create libraries that will work 24 hours a day.

Two libraries in Almaty – the Zhambyl City Youth Library and the library of the Alatau Creative Hub Center – hosted readers around the clock for the first time during the academic year (2023-2024). The Department of Culture of Almaty notes that this technique is in great demand among schoolchildren, students, undergraduates, as well as doctoral students. In this regard, another library of the metropolis is now working 24/7, it is located at 141 Abai Street.

"Now there are three libraries in Almaty that receive readers 24 hours a day. Everyone can come at any time convenient for them. With the introduction of a new format of work, that is, since September 2023, the number of visitors has also increased: if the Zhambyl City Youth Library was visited by 27,650 people, then the library of the Alatau Creative Hub Center had about 28 thousand readers. Well, the number of visitors to city libraries annually is at least 3 million," the message of the Department of Culture of Almaty says.

It should be noted that there are 28 city libraries in Almaty. 95% of them have been modernized: the material and technical base and the book fund have been updated, cozy reading rooms for individual work and Internet rooms have been created. Almaty librarians have also been trained in South Korea, Germany and Switzerland.