Today the National Academic Library is five. To celebrate the occasion of the first jubilee – there is the Day of Open Doors in the library. The tuneful melody sounds, there is the colored logotype “5 zhyl”, there are balloons everywhere, decorated reading rooms organize various exhibitions, librarians as usual welcome readers, who congratulate every librarian with the jubilee. The ceremonial music sounds. The readers welcome the Director General of the National Academic Library of RK Berdigalieva R.A., guests and all staff of the library.
Roza Amangalievna congratulated all with jubilee of NAB RK and pointed out: “It's symbolic that the 23rd of April is the World Day of Book and Copyright there was signed the decree about the creation of the national Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Today it made a lot for readers… We launched the Kazakhstani National Electronic Library – “KazNEB”. But we have big plans… And that day, when the books of Kazakhstani writers one can find in the catalogues of the First World Electronic Library, is not far, which opened on 21st of April of this year in Paris in the Head-Quarter of UNESCO on the base of the Library of Congress, USA”.
Complimentary address from the Ministry of Culture and Information of RK read the Head of the Art Department of the Committee of Culture MCI RK Bokebayev B.A. Also the representative of the branch NDP “Nur-Otan” made a congratulatory speech. On behalf of readers the teacher of History and Social Science of the Professional Lyceum №1 of Astana Begalinov V.B. and the Chairman of City Governing Board of the branch of Public Association “Kazakh Society of the Blinds” of Astana Hamza H.E. congratulated librarians. They rated highly the abilities of the National Academic Library and thanked qualified, attentive and friendly librarians for cooperation.
Then the presenters invited pupils of 6th A class of the school-lyceum №3. These pupils grow up with library. 5 years ago they were the participants of the solemn opening of the NAB RK. Now yearly they are the honorary guests of the library. And pupils of the Astana Zhumagulov B., Baitur A., Kazynkapov D., Abdrahmanov K., who are 16, got reading cards in the solemn atmosphere. And the certificate of NAB RK “the seven hundred thousandth visitor” was handed over to the reader – the teacher of the secondary school №59 Alimov A.N.
Also there sounded the hymn of NAB RK performed by the personnel of the library and the author of the music – composer Marat Omarov. Author of the text is the famous Kazakhstani poet Kairat Zhumagaliev. Also Marat Omarov presented everybody one of his beautiful songs.
After solemn opening of the Day of Open Doors readers were invited to the excursions, exhibitions and various activities.
The exhibition “New library format - 2009” devoted to the history of the NAB RK (exhibition hall, 3rd floor). Here are presented photo documents, diplomas, books and disks from the gold collection of NAB RK, and also 61 congratulations in honour of the 5 year anniversary of library. There were demonstrated the abilities of the Kazakhstani national Electronic Library – KazNEB, electronic presentations “The vivid events of 5 year jubilee”, “Online information and electronic services”. Also there were presented various thematic book exhibitions: “Magzhan Zhumabayev”, “Madeni Mura”(“Dialogue”hall, 3rd floor), “Modern Theme – Nanotechnologies (general reading room, 4th floor), “Kazak tili” (Music hall, 2nd floor), “The Art of Kazakhstan”(Reading room of Arts literature, 4th floor), “Contemporary international policy and its Challenges” (Reading Room of World Literature, 4th floor).
There was Loud readings “Zhan sozi”(on lyrics of Magzhan Zhumabayev) in the Reading room for disabled people.
Participants – people with the problems of sight, members of the Governing Board of the branch of Public Association “Kazakh Association of Blinds”, Astana. They presented verses “Gift of words”, “I love”, “When you rise in the sky, Moon…”, “With the necklace – the Moon and the Sun – on the ring”, “Sad beautiful woman”, “Gulsum-Hanum”, “On parting”, “Nightingale”, “Sweetheart”. Also there was listening of the verse “Prophet”.
There was round table talk in the “Dialogue” hall “Rising significance and appeal of the action “One book-one country”. The participants of the meeting were the representatives of the creative and public intelligentsia of Astana, students and pupils.
Director General of NAB RK Berdigalieva R.A. opened the round table talk with the welcoming speech. Akim Tarazi, the writer, member of the Organizational Committee of the Action “One country – one book”, was the moderator.
There were considered the next themes – “What should be done to rise the level of action to nation-wide?”, “How to attract attention of governmental and nongovernmental, and also public organizations to the idea of action”, “Analizing results of held actions, to determine the ways of further advancement of reading”. With reports there took floor the member of the Committee on Socio-Cultural Development of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of RK - Suleimenov Zh.K., Candidate of the Philosophical Sciences Temirbekov O.Zh. (“Love Lyric of Magzhan”), Mardanov K.M., Doctor of Philosophical Sciences (The personality of Magzhan as poet-lyric), writer, the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Niva” Gundarev V.R., grand-niece of Magzhan Zhumabayev Muslimova S.K., Kamgizhin M.M. – writer from Petropavlovsk, researcher of the creative work of Magzhan Zhumabayev, honorary freeman of Petropavlovsk and others. During the activity there were two presentations. Kasymova R.O. – director of the Library for Children and Young Adults by name of G.Musirepov of Petropavlovsk said about photo album “Alka”, devoted to the lyric of M.Zhumabayev. Kanat Kaiym - editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Knizhnoe obozrenie” introduced with the new collection of poems “Sen Sulu” – “Light is beautiful”. This collection was published by the Publishing House “Ol-Zhas Baspasy” especially to the action “One country – one book”. Collection consists of poems and verses of the author in Kazakh and Russian languages. The form of works presentation is extraordinary – the collection is published in the form of book-palindrome. It is really good initiative! It shows that action is expanding, and the book support is guaranteed. Collection will help librarians, teachers, and specialists in their work and will allow joining to the beautiful poetry of the Kazakh poet Magzhan Zhumabayev.
It was the panorama of events of the day of Open Doors. Readers got booklets, visiting cards, leaflets. On 23rd of April there were more than one and a half thousand visitors in the library.
Information support of the Day of Open Doors in NAB RK, devoted to the 5 year anniversary of library was organized by: “Kazinform” Agency, Kazakhstan TV, Era TV, Khabar, Astana TV, Kazakhskoe radio, newspapers “Egemen Kazakhstan”, “Kazakhstanskaya pravda”, “El”, “Respublika KZ”, “Alash Ainasy”, “Al”, “Allliance KZ”.
