Professional development

The East-Kazakhstan Librarian Association
Creative Lab "Bright Idea"

The East Kazakhstan Librarian Association

This Association was founded in 1996. It is a professional public organization. The Association's mission is to promote common library interests, organization and development of perfect library service system in East-Kazakhstan and establish friendly relations among librarians and those who are involved in library services.

One of the main principles of EKLA is to make the contemporary community admit the role of the libraries as important information centers, because is impossible to create a democratic and intellectually developed society without such centers.

The Association's activities are focused on rising the image of a librarian as an occupation, introduction of new information technologies, development of creative partnership, and increasing and strengthening relations with international library world. The Association pays great attention to the problems of alternative formation of library book collections, book exchange and protection librarians' rights.

The Association constantly works on the matters of organizing continuous education. This work is aimed not only at mastering library information services but also at obtaining knowledge from other fields: psychology, sociology, economics, and management, which can be applied to the library practice.
Members of the Association came to the conclusion that they have to create and cultivate libraries as information, educational and cultural centers in the communities.

The East-Kazakhstan Librarian Association is ready to cooperate with alike professional public organizations, exchange experiences and widen international relations with the colleagues.

Chair: Khabiba Akzhigitova.
Address: 102 Ushanova st. Ust-Kamenogorsk 492000 Kazakhstan
Tel.: (8 3232) 26-13-33, 26-39-46
Fax: (8 3232) 26-30-87
E-mail: director@pushkinlibrary.kz

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Creative Lab “Bright Idea”

The Lab was established in August 2000 by the East Kazakhstan Librarians’ Association as a tool to power up East Kazakhstan librarians professional development.

In April 2001 this project was supported by the Alumni Local Initiative Grants program, which is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA), under authority of the Fulbright - Hays Act of 1961 as amended, and administered by the American Council for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.

Creative lab conducts:

• Seminars, workshops on all the trends of librarianship;
• Internship in the Pushkin Library;
• Annual Summer Internet school;

You can take use of experience and knowledge of professionals from the Marketing&Advertising Department, Public Service Department, Reference Department, International Resource Center, Children Department. The internship is a wonderful opportunity to participate in some programs and events, get acquainted with the work of the department you take interest in, moreover you’ll be provided with a portfolio.

More information in Russian here

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