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April 17, 2012

On April 23, 2012 the Library and Information Consortium and the Association of Electronic Libraries of Kyrgyzstan in partnership with Kyrgyzpatent conduct roundtable "Libraries and Copyright", dedicated to World Book and Copyright Day

Febrary 28, 2012

“Open Access in Kyrgyzstan: The Contribution of Libraries” Round Table

Febrary 24, 2012

Workshop on prevention and advocacy of tuberculosis

June 20, 2011

Meeting of the Board of KLIC's Directors will take place on June 22, 2011

May 17, 2011

The 12th International conference "Issyk Kul 2011: Libraries and Democratization of Society" will take place on October 1-5, 2011

May 10, 2011

EIFL-PLIP is pleased to announce a call for concept papers from public libraries in countries with emerging and developing economies

March 17, 2011

IOPscience is available free of charge to members of the Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium until 31 December 2013 through EIFL

Febrary 22, 2011

2nd Library Conference "Next library" will be held on June 19-21, 2011 in Aarhus (Denmark)

Febrary 18, 2011

EIFL-FOSS free online session on Shibboleth

Febrary 15, 2011

On February 11, 2011 the opening ceremony of the reading center "Kitep Ordosu" took place in the Republican Library for Children and Youth

New project of the Kyrgyz Libraries Information Consortium

Kyrgyz Libraries Information Consortium has won a grant of EIFL-Public Library Innovation Programme for the "Public libraries in TB promotion - a new initiative to reverse the trend of tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan" project (http://www.eifl.net/our-current-grantees/).

Terms: November 1, 2011 -October 31, 2012.

Tuberculosis is a global health concern. In Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has all the ingredients favoring the rapid spread of the disease; the current trend necessitates scaling up of prevention activities. Medical interventions alone cannot contain transmission of tuberculosis; civil societies and community-based organizations play an indispensable role in the prevention of the disease. With this notion the Kyrgyzstan Libraries Information Consortium (KLIC), a representative body of libraries in the country, proposes a project with the objective to raise awareness, address stigma and advocate social support for communities vulnerable to tuberculosis.

The project is because of the above dire needs and is geared to control the alarming spread of tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan, a common goal for all participating in the national tuberculosis programme. Public libraries, having facilities to disseminate information and being a link with communities through their users, are in a good position to take up such role.

Participating libraries:

- Republic Library for Children and Youth,
- Chyi Oblast Library,
- Novo-Pokrovka Library (rural).

These libraries have been selected to promote tuberculosis among target groups distinct to each catchment area.

Target groups: library users, school teachers and pupils, community members, local authorities and political leaders, academics and media.

The above target groups will be involved in the project by participating in workshops, presentations, discussions, joint meetings and campaing activities..

Participating libraries will work closely with local authorities, community organizations and media to raise awareness in communities.

A short story about new service is available at http://www.eifl.net/kyrgyz-libraries-information-consortium-kyrgyzstan