American Corner Is a New Resource Centre of NAB RK
On April 22, 2010, opening ceremony of American Corner took place at the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan. U.S. Chargé d'affaires Pamela L. Spratlen, Chairman of Culture Committee of the Ministry of Culture I.M. Kozybayev, and Director General of the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan R.K. Otarbayev made a speech at the opening ceremony. American Corners in Kazakhstan are a joint venture between the U.S. Embassy and the host library. American Corners program seeks to inform and engage audiences across Kazakhstan. American Corner in NAB RK is situated in a spacious room. A new resource centre will provide timely and reliable information about the United States of America to NAB RK readers, and host many different kinds of activities. The U.S. Embassy provided reference materials, fiction and non-fiction books, CDs, and video resources that cover a broad range of American culture and history. Its multimedia materials, books, and periodicals will be accessible to the public. A photo exhibit entitled “JAM Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” is timed for opening American Corner. The exhibit presents fifty-five framed photographs chronicling the pioneering tours of Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and many others. The images beautifully depict the story of these Jazz Ambassadors and illustrate the different activities that characterized their tours.
