Information about the scientific library
The library’s educational, methodological, and scientific literature collection comprises 1,208,695 items, including books, dissertations, abstracts of dissertations, and periodicals in the state language, Russian, and foreign languages. The electronic collection consists of 9,239 items, of which 3,177 are e-books, and 6,062 are e-books in PDF format. Annual monitoring is conducted to subscribe to periodicals. The scientific library’s collection is updated based on requests from university departments.
Rare Collection
The scientific library’s rare collection from the 18th-19th centuries contains 3,851 items of literature on the history of medicine, including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedias.
The KazNMU Library is located at 153 Bogenbai Batyr Street and occupies four floors of academic building №2.
The library consists of 4 departments:
- Library Collection Development Department
- Information and Methodological Department
- Reader Services Department
- Library Process Automation Department, which includes 2 electronic reading rooms: an internet hall with 54 seats and an electronic reading room with 42 seats.
The research library has:
- 60 computers
- 51 all-in-one PCs
- 40 laptops
- 2 projectors
- 2 event screens
- 11 multifunction printers (MFPs)
- 1 scanner
Reader Services Department:
- Circulation desks – 5
- Reading rooms – 4
- The total capacity of the reading rooms is 172 seats.
Reader Services
Library services for readers are differentiated by five circulation desks: the 1st-year student circulation desk is on the 1st floor, the 2nd-3rd-year student circulation desk is on the 2nd floor, the 4th-5th-year student circulation desk is on the 3rd floor, and for 6th-7th-year students, postgraduate students, residents, and professors, there is a scientific literature circulation desk spanning three floors.
The Scientific Library places great emphasis on providing information and bibliographic services, including: “Information Days,” “Department Days,” exhibition viewings, compilation of recommended and research-support literature lists, and fulfilling written and oral thematic inquiries.
As new literature arrives, information bulletins are issued, and information in the form of a virtual exhibition of new acquisitions is posted on the website of KazNMU named after S. D. Asfendiyarov.
The Scientific Library actively participates in all university events: reader conferences, discussions, and meetings with interesting people. Book exhibitions, displays, and thematic bibliographic reviews are held at all these venues.
The subject librarian acts as an intermediary between departments/faculties and the library; the assigned librarian advises students on academic process matters and utilizes advertising and social media opportunities (university website, library website, mail.ru, Facebook).
The library utilizes the automated library system “Kabis,” specifically developed for library processes. It automates library operations and provides remote access to the electronic catalog via the Internet.
The library’s electronic catalog is accessible to all KazNMU users on the web page at http://lib.kaznmu.kz.
In the AIBS “Kabis” system, the automated “return-issue” service for documents has been implemented in the “Reader” module at all circulation desks. Educational literature for all faculties is equipped with barcodes.
The “Fund” module of the “Kabis” system features an electronic catalog, which users can utilize to find and read required literature in full text. Access to all “KABIS” library services is provided through individual student accounts.
Additionally, the “UDC – online” service has been launched, enabling readers to submit articles for the assignment of UDC, BBK, or MRNTI indices through their personal accounts, without needing to visit the library.
Electronic Resources
The collection of the KazNMU library is also universal in that it includes documents hosted on remote technical media.
- Web of Science — webofknowledge.com
- Scopus — scopus.com
- “Cochrane Library”: Wiley
- eBooks Clinical Collection
- CINAHL Database
- IPR SMART
- Wiley
- Open University of Kazakhstan – OPENU.KZ
- Aknurpess – Digital Library
In addition, monthly online and offline training seminars on “Electronic Resources of the KazNMU Scientific Library” are held for all schools/faculties of the university.
Cooperation
The Scientific Library has agreements and memorandums of mutual cooperation with libraries and organizations in Kazakhstan (agreements are renewed annually):
- Agreement on Cooperation with JSC “South Kazakhstan Academy” dated March 20, 2024.
- Agreement on Cooperation with the Association of Higher Education Institutions dated February 12, 2024.
- Memorandum of Cooperation with the Republican State Institution “Center for Military Medicine of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan” dated September 2024.
- Agreement on Cooperation with NGO “Kazakh-Russian University” dated July 4, 2024.
- Agreement on Cooperation with the Institute of Oncology and Radiology No. 04-03-1281 dated November 18, 2025.
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