Within the framework of the Year of Youth, a co-working center "Jastar" with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan was opened in the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Director of the Department of Culture and Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Abil Zholamanov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Youth and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Shahmardan Baimanov, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aliya Mukhamedzhanova, Chairman of the Republican Youth Organization "Zharasym" at the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan Timur Jumurbayev and others took part in the event.
Coworking Center is located on the fifth floor of the academic library.
It is a spacious room of 500 square meters, which has everything you need for comfortable work: free high-speed Wi-Fi, high-speed Internet, printers and scanners, a large number of jobs with comfortable chairs and tables.
The center consists of seven zones.The first one has computers with access to high-speed Internet.
In the second zone, debates and master classes can be held.
Conference room
The third one is designed for conferences, meetings and negotiations.
The fourth is a library service, where the user can order a book fr om the library's collection and get access to domestic and foreign databases, to which the library is subscribed.
Coworking provides places for meetings and negotiations, there are also zones for joint and individual work.
«Relax Tapchan»
There is a coffee point with equipped kitchen and hot drinks and relax tapchan - recreation area, decorated in the national style, wh ere you can read your favorite book and just relax for the visitors of the center.
Coffee-point
As noted by the library staff, in the future co-working center will be improved and developed. The first visitors have already had time to appreciate the merits and convenience of co-working center.
Congratulating the organizers of the event with the opening of the center on behalf of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the youth organization "Zharasym" Timur Jumurbayev noted that National Academic Library is a flagship of the library system of the country and has always demonstrated its openness and creativity.
"The National Academic Library is always open for visitors and readers. I think that this center will create new opportunities for our youth and I am sure that on the basis of this co-working new breakthrough and creative ideas will be born" Timur Jumurbayev noted.
Vice-rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aliya Mukhamedzhanova also got acquainted with the equipment of the center.
"I hope that this center will be a generator of ideas for young people, the most intelligent and talented young people will gather here. Projects will be born here that will promote Kazakhstan to the 30 most worthy countries in the world," Aliya Mukhamedzhanova said.
It is worth noting that the users of Jastar Coworking Center will be active young people, students, novice entrepreneurs, freelancers and readers seeking to develop themselves.
Dana TUGAMBEKOVA
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