CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS LIBRARY

The Children and Teenagers Library was opened in 2002 (the official opening ceremony took place in April 2003). The library has become an important cultural place that contributes to the development of the creative potential of the younger generation, expanding their knowledge and forming social skills. Young readers get acquainted with books, expand their spiritual world, and develop their interest in literature. Currently, the Children and Teenagers Library is a large information and cultural center that provides extensive services to all readers involved in the upbringing of the younger generation in our city. The library has 2 reading rooms and 2 subscription departments serving readers.

To attract readers to the library, creative competitions, cultural events, book exhibitions, and creative meetings with popular poets are regularly held in collaboration with educational institutions in our city. By providing services according to age differences, the library plays a special role in developing the reader's abilities and forming their aesthetic taste.

In modern society, in the direction of increasing literacy through reading, a mobile library service is provided based on the requests of educators from the "Kuanysh" and "Asyl-Zhibek" kindergartens. Additionally, there are two clubs for children of different ages: "Master Hands" for 10-12 years old and "Akvarel" for 6-9 years old, as well as three clubs for students: "Umka" for grades 1-4, "Shipager" for grades 5-8, and "Zhuldyz" for grades 9-11, which greatly contribute to expanding the horizons and developing the creativity of young people. Each library collection has its own goals and unique direction, and while satisfying reader demands, the book collection is replenished with new literature every year. Currently, the library collection contains 32,710 copies of literature, including 6,687 books in the state language. The "Abai Zholy" library series, filled with valuable information about the rich culture and art of the region, has increased the interest of library readers in the history of their homeland. Today, domestic periodicals are being replenished according to reader demand. Readers have the opportunity to access information from publications in both Kazakh and Russian languages every year.

Year by year, the number of library readers is also increasing, with 3,035 readers registered at the library, and 95 cultural events organized throughout the year, attended by 2,088 readers. Events held under the "Literary Local Studies," "Reading Period," "KitapTime-2025" nationwide book festival, "Book Theater," and "Eco-Styled Life" new format projects, as well as the "One Country - One Book" campaign, have resonated well with readers and contributed to the increase in the number of readers. By encouraging young people to read books, their language competence is formed, creative skills are developed, and through various theatrical performances, the relationship between parents and children is strengthened, as evidenced by the puppet theater competition titled "The Fairy Tale Told by My Grandmother," which was held with the participation of school students and received great demand.

Through local history work, the library introduces readers to the history of their homeland, its current situation and future development, as well as the creativity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and local poets and writers, organizing events titled "The Semey Chronicle Tells..." and "Know Your History!" among others, helping each reader recognize the sacred places of their homeland and understand that knowing their history is the duty of every citizen. Additionally, in honor of the 180th anniversary of the birth of the great Kazakh poet A. Qunanbaev, an online meeting titled "A Giant of World Thought" was held in collaboration with the Abai Regional Children's Library of Karaganda to promote the poet's precious heritage to the younger generation, highlighting his passionate poetry, spiritual legacy, and immortal teachings for future generations.

Through social media, an environment for intellectual interactive communication among youth is being created, and events and interesting information conducted through the @bjk_semey Instagram account are promoted to enhance the activity of libraries on social networks.