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Dear Faculty Members and Students!

We are pleased to announce the opening of trial access to EBSCO eBooks ITCore Collection, a specialized collection of electronic books in the field of information technology.

Gain access to high-quality information technology books. This e-book collection helps researchers broaden their knowledge of the IT industry to help support decision-making, inform product design and promote best practices

The EBSCO eBooks ITCore Collection includes 2,040 eBooks (monographs, textbooks, and reference materials) from more than 100 publishers.

Gain Access to E-Books Across Many IT Topics:

Business, operations, and project management
Databases and data processing
Desktop and enterprise applications
Information technology and information theory
Networks and networking
Operating systems
Programming and programming languages
Security and cybersecurity
Software development
System administration and architecture
Web design, use and programmingThis resource will be useful for educational, academic, and research activities. All materials are available in full-text format with options for searching, online reading, and using text analysis and annotation tools.📅Trial access period: from February 4, 2026 to May 4, 2026
Access will be available on the university premises via IP authentication through the following link: https://search.ebscohost.com.

Remote access is also available using a username and password:

Username: kazguu
Password: KAZ123!

We invite you to take full advantage of this resource.

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Publication Date: 03.02.2026

Dear university instructors and students!

The world’s leading scientific publisher Taylor & Francis has opened trial access to unique collections of e-books on various subject areas from February 01, 2026 to February 28, 2026 via IP addresses on the Taylor & Francis platform – https://www.taylorfrancis.com .

Taylor & Francis eBooks is an online digital platform that offers a comprehensive collection of eBooks written by a world-renowned and award-winning network of editors and authors.

FEATURES, BENEFITS, AND FUNCTIONALITY:

• Streamlined experience and a single point of discovery for all eBook content
• Improved search and discovery of content at the book and chapter level
• Better citation functionality (APA format)
• Enhanced filtering of search results
• Access books & book chapters – PDFs available for download
• Book and chapter abstracts available both in search results and product pages
• Detailed tables of contents for most products
• Create citations in APA format

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Publication Date: 29.01.2026

Dear university instructors and students!

Please be aware about trial access to the largest database of educational and practical literature, IPR SMART electronic library system (www.iprbookshop.ru), from December 03, 2025 till March 1, 2026.

Please use for registration

Login — kazguu
Password — Ax9bUAce

*To get started, users must register using their username and password, and then log in using their credentials.

The IPR SMART library contains over 165,000 pieces of content, many of which consists of unique educational and scientific publications across all fields of study. Many instructors are currently updating their syllabi for their courses and can access the IPR SMART electronic library.

IPR SMART is a flexible resource integrated into the university ecosystem. It offers not only a digital library, but also tools that enable students to develop individualized educational pathways based on library recommendations and other services, enabling them to master new competencies, and for faculty to flexibly and effectively create course curricula and reference lists.

Advantages of the IPR SMART Electronic Library System:

● Licensed content
● Fast, easy searching and filtering of publications
● Modern and convenient services for university instructors/students
● Attentive approach to each reader
● IPR SMART Mobile Reader mobile apps for Android and iOS

Dear university instructors! The platform offers a selection of publications recommended for inclusion in work programs. . The IPR SMART library is updated monthly for free!

● Registration link: https://www.iprbookshop.ru/auth

Access to the IPR SMART electronic resource is open 24/7 from any electronic device via the Internet.

To use the IPR SMART electronic library system, you must register remotely on the website https://www.iprbookshop.ru

Instructions for using the IPR SMART educational resource are available at the link: IPR SMART Instructions!

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Date: 03.12.2025

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News

Dear university instructors and students!

Please find information for the Research Communication Lab programme (in English Language) which is live!

This programme encompasses much of the content that would previously be covered in the Researcher Webinar Series, with a few important changes:

Comprehensive curriculum-style learning, with each module run twice a day to accommodate researchers from all time-zones
More interactive webinars, where attendees will be invited to reflect on real-world case studies for each module
Certification, including a final exam and certificate for those who complete all modules and demonstrate their learning (certificates will still be provided for individual sessions as they have been in the past)
In time, bitesize video modules will be available for each of the topics

Information on the programme, and signup links for all 11 sessions, can be found on this page: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/the-research-communication-lab/

Important: this programme, and the 11 modules, will not be replicable. There are secured expert

speakers from across our departments for each of these sessions on the understanding that each

session will only run on the scheduled dates.

The first sessions, Fundamentals of Publishing, will be next week on 28th January 2026

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Publication Fate: 22.01.2026

A unified information platform for researchers, PhD doctoral students, and master’s students,
focused on news, opportunities, and current issues in science and academic research.

Link: https://t.me/phdnurbolat

Dear university instructors and students!

Duke University Press (https://www.dukeupress.edu/) and MA Group AG invite you to a webinar on publisher’s social sciences and humanities collections on February 4, 2026, at 4:00 PM (Astana time)

Registration Link

The event will cover:

Journal collection (https://read.dukeupress.edu/journals) (60 journals in the humanities and social sciences)
e-Duke Books collection (https://read.dukeupress.edu/books) (3,000+ books)
Subject-specific book collections (Anthropology, Asian Studies, Religious Studies, and many others)

A representative from Duke University Press will discuss the structure and content of the collections, as well as the platform’s key capabilities for effectively using resources in educational and research settings. The webinar will be useful for both readers and scholars planning to publish with the press.

Event languages: English, Russian

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Publication Date: 20.01.2026

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