Open Day at the Republican Library for Blind and Visually Impaired Citizens within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 4: “Quality Education”.

On October 29–30, 2026, as part of Sustainable Development Goal No. 4, “Quality Education,” the Republican Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired hosted its traditional open house.

The event was attended by first- through fourth-year students in the “Library and Information Systems” program (code 6B03205), led by B.S. Asanova, Senior Lecturer in the Department of World History, Historiography, and Source Studies and Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Objective: To familiarize readers with the library’s activities and staff workstations, attract new readers to the library, and draw public attention to the lives, work, and spiritual worlds of people with special needs.

The event featured an exhibition of tactile books; an introduction to the process of translating texts into Braille and editing audiobooks; a demonstration of the rehabilitation room in action; an interactive educational game; a screening of a documentary with audio description; and a workshop on compiling bibliographic indexes.

During the event, an exhibition of tactile books titled “Special Books for Special People” and “Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Republic of Kazakhstan” was presented. Staff from the library science, bibliography, and typhlology departments demonstrated how the rehabilitation room works and led an interactive educational game titled “The World at Your Fingertips.”

Also, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the December 1986 events, the Qazaqstan TV channel’s documentary “Echoes of December” was screened with audio descriptions. In addition, a methodological workshop was held on the topic “Bibliographic Index: Stages of Compilation and a Practical Example.”

During the event, students learned about the library’s specialized services for blind and visually impaired readers, the specifics of preparing Braille publications, and the experience of creating an accessible information environment.