About the project

One of the priorities in its activity the National library deems to be the stimulation of reading. Reading forms the consciousness of modern man, lays the basics of world outlook, education and acquisition of professional skills. Besides reading is the most important element for the conceiving of cultural and national values, factor in upbringing civil position and patriotism among members of society. One of the primary tasks of the library is the raising of the prestige of reading in our country through the attraction of the population to reading, the attraction of the younger generation by the idea of reading and preservation of our original culture.It’s namely fiction which reflects and forms the public consciousness, preserves and transfers through the generations the moral and social values. For the implementation of this task the National library of the Republic of Kazakhstan holds different cultural activities for the popularization of books and readers’ cultivation of readingAmong the activities there are presentations of new books. At these presentations the National library of the Republic of Kazakhstan concludes author’s agreements with the authors of new books. This agreement gives the library the right to create an electronic copy of the book and place it in the electronic catalogue of the Library and also at its site in the Internet, also create electronic copies of printed works, create the electronic copies of printed works as one of the modern technologies in the popularization of reading. The project for the creation of the electronic library of modern literary editions is implemented from 2007. Duisenbek Nakipov, Ernest Torekhanov, Aslan Zhaksylykov are the first contemporary authors who concluded with the National library the author’s agreements. There within the framework of the project the work is going on for the conclusion of author’s agreements. This project is conducive for the open access to the fond of modern literature of Kazakhstan in the on-line regime and the substantial spiritual contact between the Author and the Reader.