Dissemination
October 2-3 2018. A.Baitursynov KSU hosted the events within the framework of the National Information Literacy Awareness Day, organized by the initiative of the ERASMUS+ DIREKT project.
On October 2, at 3 p.m. librarians participated in round table discussion of important matters of digitalization, information resourses access and the role of libraries in modern world. The round table was initiated and coordinated by Zhamilya Yerzhanova, head of KSU Scientific Library "Bilim Ortalygy".
At the same time, the internet hall of SL "Bilim Ortalygy" was used as a platform for master, PhD students and lecturers to study and work with information resources of the library. Dana Zholdybayeva, specialist of the internet-hall presented basic capabilities of "Web of Science" and "SpringerLink" resources.
On October 3, any person interested were invitied to participate in a stunning event "To possess the information is to possess the world", which took place on the venue of SL "Bilim Ortalygy". The event opened with awarding winners of essay competition with certificates and prizes. Before conducting the National Information Literacy Awareness Day, KSU announced the essay competition for students, lecturers and anyone interested. The topic was "Information Literacy in 21st century". Participants of the competition were to share their ideas on the importance of IL for a modern person. Over 70 participants presented their works in three languages (English, Kazakh and Russian). 10 of them won the awards, having presented thorough and profound vision on the matter. KSU students were among the winners.
1st prize: Margarita Zaytseva, Dinara Mukhanbedya, Alexandra Skylo;
2nd prize: Kseniya Zadorozhnaya, Botagoz Seidakhmetova, Anastasiya Smakovaya, Nadezhda Kotelnikova;
3rd prize: Marina Ryzhkina, Kristina Masliy, Perizat Daribay
After the award ceremony, the guests of SL "Bilim Ortalygy" had a chance to participate in Debates, watch on-line information literacy lectures, test themeselves in intellectual trivia game, or play a quest "Librarian for an hour". The National Information Literacy Awareness Day attracted over 500 participants in total.
October 2-4, 2019. A.Baitursynov Kostanay State University hosted the events within the framework of the National Information Literacy Awareness Days, aimed at dissemination of the results of the ERASMUS+ Programme DIREKT Project, as well as promotion of IL related competencies in general.
October 2, the first day of the events, was dedicated to training seminars for KSU teaching staff, which were aimed at increasing competencies in the field of application of electronic information resources of the university and scientific work preparation skill development. At the same time, "Student Information Culture" Exhibition was taking place throughout the day.
October 3, the second day started with the round table event, organized for library workers from all over the Kostanay Region. The event took place with participation of a special guest - Gerard Cullen, International Project Co-ordinator of Dresden Technological University. The second part of the day included the official opening of student competitions: Lib-quest, intellectual trivia game and debates on topic: "Information from the internet: pros and cons".
The last day of the events, October 4, was dedicated to the training seminar "English for Professional Purposes", organized for the lecturers and students of Kostanay State University. The training was howted by International Project Co-Ordinator of Dresden TU - Gerard Cullen.
