The EAGI Library functions from the opening of the Institute. From
the very first day, the administration of the Institute has given this
structural subdivision special attention – its development, providing
the necessary equipment, appliances, furniture, expansion fund
educational, methodical and scientific literature.

The library began to receive the first subscription newspapers and
magazines on the profile of the university, library tickets and forms
have been introduced for full-time students. With the opening of the
Institute of new specialties of the library fund has replenished with
relevant literature.

At present the EAGI library is one of the basic structural units of
the Institute. The quality of the fund corresponds to the modern
requirements of education and fits the profile of the Institute for
operational library services and information- bibliographic service for
the students, the Departments and the staff.

Every year the library subscribes to periodicals receiving about 96
issues of specialized, scientific popular, literary periodicals of
Kazakhstan and Russia in three languages (Kazakh, Russian, and English).

Simultaneously with the organization of the book fund was created the
finding aids of library: alphabetical, systematic, electronic catalogs,
alphabetically-index with the “IC”; the card index of abstracts and
theses, the file cabinet of electronic textbooks, which are actively
replenished. All received literature is reflected in the catalogs.

The introduction of the automated information library system “Кабис”
allowed to use new information technologies in the work. There is an
electronic catalog that allows the readers to find necessary information
about the book and choose the necessary literature.

The exhibitions of new arrivals became traditional within the walls
of the library: the thematic exhibitions devoted to important dates and
anniversaries; the works of teaching staff.

The students and the teachers of EAGI gained access to the scientific
electronic publications of Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters), posted
on the Web of Knowledge platform and Springer; Elsevier on Science and
Scopus platforms. In addition, the students and the teachers have access
to the domestic database: the Republican interuniversity electronic
library (RIEL) and “Paragraph”. Those given and other resources are
continually updated, providing the most current full-text information on
all branches of knowledge. These databases provide assistance in the
development of research and educational projects of scientists and
teachers, as well as in the preparation of scientific works of the
students.