About the project

Work on the creation of the electronic library "Біздің Абай/ Наш Абай/ Our Abay" began in 2014, on the eve of the 170th birthday of the great Kazakh poet, the founder of Kazakh literature, our countryman Abay Kunanbayev. In the electronic library, we want to fully reflect the Abay’s entire heritage in digital format, starting from rarities and ending with modern editions. A significant part of the library will be the sources on Abaeology. Open access to electronic copies is provided in accordance with the copyright law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Indeed, the success of this project largely depends on the participation of domestic and foreign libraries. Our initiative was supported by the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Libraries of Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, East Kazakhstan Regional Library named after Abay, Scientific Libraries of Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University. We are grateful to all our partners for their support and assistance in the work on the project!  
   
Creating a library consists of several stages. At the first stage, searches were made for the publications of Abay and their location’s determination. The basis of the library was the books available in the collection of