Monthly Archives: April 2018

The National Academic Library of Kazakhstan has a rich literary fund. Kazakh classical literature pieces written in Latin script are now made available anywhere in the world. Electronic copies of these books are published on the official website of the library. So far only 30% of the publications in Latin script have been made electronic…

The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West. What are the economics of such a change? By Dene-Hern Chen  The change, announced on a blustery Tuesday morning in mid-February, was small but significant – and it elicited a big response. “This one…