The history of the library begins with the opening in 1992 of the Kazakh-Russian Medical University with an initial stock of about 3400 thousand copies. It is inextricably linked to the history of the establishment and development of the university.
The library is now the largest educational and cultural unit. The main objectives of the library are to promote the university’s competitiveness in the educational services market, to provide library and information support for educational and research processes, to preserve the library stock and the university’s scientific heritage for future generations, Enhancing the information culture of library users.
The Universal Fund has more than 100,000 storage units, of which more than 36,000 are in the State languag. These are books, monographs, methodological recommendations, master’s papers, periodicals. The Library has an enormous information potential in the field of medicine. There are very rare editions. The foundation is constantly being recruited in all specialties of the university. Up to 20-25 sets of periodical press are added to the library each year. The library stock meets the requirements for the training of specialists in the field of higher education.
The Library operates a university electronic library program ALLmaibook, and an electronic catalog is being created.
Students are provided with free access to the Internet from 50 computers and service services.
The National Subscription Library has access to a database from Elsevier Scopus and Science Direct, the largest international bibliographic and abstract database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, with a wide range of bibliometric tools for: to track, analyze and visualize the results of publication activity and the Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics combining abstract databases of publications in scientific journals and patents.
On the basis of the License Contract access to the Russian Electronic Library System «IPRbooks», database holders in test mode provide access for analysis of demand for medical collections. The Kazakhstan National Electronic Library and the National Inter-University Electronic Library are used from the Kazakh database. The staff of the library conduct systematic training courses for students and Professorial teaching staff, and carry out consultative work to explain the rules of reading, copying and downloading the necessary information.
The Scientific Literature Hall, which contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, works of Professorial teaching staff KRMU, periodical printing, is organized.
The space occupied by the library is 642.91 sq.m., the area of storage 83.65 sq.m., the number of seats in reading rooms 195, the number of points of issue 5. Library services are organized on the Study Card and in 4 reading rooms.
For wider acquaintance with its collections, the library holds «Information Days», «Open Days», thematic reviews of literature, organizes literature exhibitions, conducts trainings and seminars, organizes meetings with representatives of holders of various databases.
The library is a member of the Association of University Libraries of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a member of the Association of Medical Libraries (CIS and RF), takes part in the work of international and regional conferences, seminars, meetings.
The university library is presented on the Internet, has its own email address:krmubiblioteka on Instagram.
The library is a center for the dissemination of knowledge, spiritual and intellectual communication, and culture. The work of the library is aimed at solving problems of forming a comprehensively developed personality of students, providing assistance in the preparation of qualified specialists and scientific personnel in demand on the labor market.
The library doors are always open for their readers!
OPERATING MODE OF THE LIBRARY:
- From 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Days off: Saturday and Sunday
CONTACTS:
- Phone number of the Library Manager: +7-(727)-250-39-42
- Phone number of the “Electronic Library” Hall: +7-(727)-250-39-43