Structure - Academic Library
The Reader Services Department is a structural unit of the university's scientific library: a lending desk for educational literature, 4 reading rooms with open access to the library collections, and a fiction collection.
The Reader Services Department is a structural subdivision of the Academic Library of the University. The Reader Services Department includes a lending desk for educational literature, 4 reading rooms with open access to the library collections, and a fiction collection.
Main Objectives of the Reader Services Department
Departments of the Scientific Library
Head of the Scientific Library
1st floor, room 118, ext. 223
Organization and stocking of the library collection in accordance with the university's profile, based on the regulations on collection development and the thematic-typological acquisition plan of the Scientific Library jointly with the university's departments. Replenishment of the library collection with educational, instructional-methodological, scientific, and supplementary literature in both print and electronic formats, according to the university's specialties. Analysis of readers' provision with textbooks and study guides in order to supplement the collections and meet the requests of the active readership. Accounting and management of the flow of collection movement during processing. Provision of maximum access to library and information resources. Development of the electronic library collection in accordance with user requests. Creation of a reference-support apparatus for the electronic catalog system. Improving the quality of library services provided through the automation of library and information processes.
Cataloguing and Classification Department
4th floor, room 422, ext. 163
Systematization, cataloging, and scientific processing of books and other documents received into the collection in accordance with library standards. Scanning and digitizing books, editing and reflecting documents in electronic catalogs in order to make the library collection accessible. Building and replenishing the electronic library collection in accordance with user requests. Providing information about the library's activities and the arrival of new educational literature on the university website. https://esil.edu.kz/. Provision of core library services: reference and bibliographic services, compilation of bibliographic indexes, completion of bibliographic references; advisory assistance to readers in selecting books and using information in the educational process, studying the information needs of the university's researchers and students with the aim of meeting them optimally, fulfilling thematic requests and oral references for readers.
Educational Literature Lending Desk
1st floor, room 117, ext. 177
Organization of library services: registration and enrollment of university students, faculty, and staff; maintaining an electronic reader record for book lending based on barcoding in the e-university system. Familiarizing them with the rules of use and the library's capabilities. Providing readers with core library services and the university library's educational and research materials. Editing and reflecting library collection documents in electronic catalogues to make the library collection accessible. Working to clear readers' outstanding loans. Ensuring rational placement of the collections, their preservation, storage conditions, restoration, and conservation.
Educational Literature Lending Desk
Open-access reading rooms
4th floor, rooms 422, 423, 425, 426
Organization of library services for readers, advisory assistance in selecting literature in open-access reading rooms, fulfillment of thematic requests and oral references for readers. Information and bibliographic reference services for users in reading rooms. Provision of educational materials to readers (educational and scientific publications, periodicals). Organization of thematic book exhibitions, literature preview exhibitions, thematic shelves, calendars of significant dates, as well as mass events.
Permanent exhibitions are located in the library lobby exhibitions. To improve the quality of reader services and ensure maximum access to information, open access to the library collection has been introduced in the reading rooms of the scientific library. Open access allows readers to find and freely take the literature they need for their work. To ensure the preservation of the collection, a video surveillance system has been installed in the reading rooms.
Open-Access Reading Rooms
Specialized Rooms and Collections
Library Rooms and Collections
Electronic hall
4th floor, room 424
Provision of basic library services, building the library's electronic resources, scanning and digitizing books, editing and entering documents into the electronic catalog. Information and bibliographic services for users, advisory assistance, and fulfillment of readers' thematic requests. Providing users with computers offering access to Internet resources, electronic catalogs, and other necessary information in accordance with requests.
Electronic hall
