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Today, as part of the celebrations marking Almaty City Day, a new book distribution point of the city’s libraries was opened at the «Асыл» shopping centre in the Almaly district of Almaty. The project is being implemented as part of the «Оқитын ұлт» national initiative, on the instruction of Almaty Mayor Дархан Сатыбалды. The main goal of the project is to improve residents’ access to books, foster interest in reading, and contribute to the development of a reading culture. The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Akim of the Almaly...

On September 1, Knowledge Day, the Centralized Library System under the Almaty City Department of Culture held its traditional «Бірінші сынып оқушыларына – кітапханадан сыйлық» This year, more than 3,000 first-graders from 22 schools across eight districts of Almaty received special gift sets featuring children’s books. The main goal of the campaign is to make children’s first day at school truly festive, introduce them to the world of libraries, and foster a love of reading from an early age. «When a child’s first steps into school life begin with a...

The summer bookcrossing project in Almaty has come to an end after running for three months in the city’s parks. Launched on June 1, the project brought together residents and visitors, offering them an opportunity to read books outdoors, take books they liked home, and share books they had already read with others. The bookcrossing initiative was held in Karagaily Park, M. Makatayev Park and Gandhi Park. Throughout the summer holidays, the locations served as accessible spaces for reading and book exchange, where book lovers could choose books for themselves...