Karaganda regional research library named after N.V.Gogol (Erubaeva,44) was established in 1934 and was originally started like a city one. In 1938 the library was elevated to regional status. At it's inception, the library inseparably linked with building and development of the Karaganda coal basin and a city of Karaganda. Social development and economic infrastructure of area also promoted to library development. There is a rise from a city library to regional universal research library with functions of depositary of regional studies and periodicals and author's abstracts of dissertations.
