The library was opened in 1987 and has a total area of 730 m2 with cozy reading rooms, coworking spaces and a book depository. The library has more than 160,000 copies of books and other printed publications, and it serves more than 7,000 readers. About 60,000 readers of different ages and categories visit it annually.
The library holds more than 200 cultural and enlightening events to popularize reading for children and young people (readers’ meetings with writers, book exhibitions, book fairs, book presentations, children’s parties and library tours) annually. It serves as a meeting place for such public youth organizations as “Kara Shanrak”, the “Ambassadors of the Earth” movement, children’s reading clubs “Kokzhiek” and “Kitapkumarlar.” The library participates in the project “Electronic State Library Collection ‘Kazakhstan National Electronic Library’” (http://www.kazneb.kz), implemented at the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
It is a place for professional meetings of librarians of 6 branch libraries working with children and adolescents.
The library´s website is available here.
