The second day of the forum ended on the discussion platform, “Current problems of children’s libraries,” where the topics were discussed: “Website and account of a children’s library: for readers or librarians?”, “Is there genre diversity in Kazakhstani children’s literature?”, “Strategic directions for the development of children’s libraries in the digital era” and others.
The moderators of the platform were N. N. Zholdybalinov, the Deputy Head of the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Information Resources (Astana); Shulenbaeva A.N., the head of the scientific and methodological service group of the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty), and Inkarbekova G.K., the head of the Zhambyl Regional Children’s and Youth Library named after Kunaev (Taraz).
A constructive conversation took place about ways to interact and solve pressing issues and problems of children’s libraries and school libraries.