On October 27-28, 2022, Nazarbayev University Library in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Association of Libraries of Higher Educational Institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the 11th EURASIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES CONFERENCE (EALC-2022). This year's theme was "Open Access to Knowledge and Libraries: Achievements and Trends".
More than 100 specialists in the field of information science and librarianship have attended the conference representing 14 countries of the world including Belarus, Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Russia, USA, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and the Philippines.
The issues of ensuring Open Access to Knowledge, Open Science, and International Cooperation of Libraries with a focus on Central Asia have been discussed.
The following companies, manufacturers and suppliers of information resources and products co-sponsored the conference:
* Platinum: Elsevier, Mikro Information Handling and Distribution FZE, MA Group AG
* Gold: Clarivate, Wiley, ID Logic, The Wall Street Journal, InfromaScope, ChronosHub
* Silver: Cambridge University Press, EBSCO, Oxford University Press, Emerald Publishing
* Bronze: Springer Nature
Read more about the conference: https://nu.kz.libguides.com/EALC-2022
Presentations of the conference speakers are available in the Nazarbayev University Repository: https://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6739
Photos from the conference are on https://www.facebook.com/Nazarbayev.University.Library