Almaty International Airport has launched the Uni Mobile Library U.S. Consulate General project
Almaty Airport is the second place after MEGA shopping center by Uni project originally launched in the summer and has already covered seven public places in Almaty.
Uni is traveling public reading room, which has more than 500 books: from children's books and encyclopedias to world famous novels in Kazakh, Russian and English. Mobile library books in the library were transferred to them by the S. Begalina library and the US Consulate General in Almaty. The purpose of the project is attracting readers, especially the younger generation, and increasing their interest in books and reading in public.
"We were pleased with the success of the project last summer in Almaty, so we are continuing
the project this year. Uni mobile library is very easy to construct and move, and through this project we are promoting education and reading in public places throughout the city during the year ", said the Consul General Michael Snowden.
Uni mobile library is open to the public from 11 to 15 March, from 9:00 to 18:00 at the Almaty airport on the second floor. This will allow passengers awaiting their flight to enjoy reading books.
Uni project having been developed in the U.S. by Street Lab, Inc. non-profit organization is aimed at temporary transforming the space available in the city into a public reading room, emphasizing the importance of books in daily life and their availability. Students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been part of the team that worked out the Uni to create mobile libraries with open shelves that can be easily assembled and disassembled.
Almaty is the first city of the world outside the United States, where the project Uni will be for a long time. It was first launched in the summer of 2012, and quickly attracted the interest of the public becoming more and more popular among young readers.