At S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar state university was held a literary evening dedicated to the famous Kazakh poet Dulat Babatayuly.

In 2016, within the framework of the republican action "One Country - One Book" initiated by National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Osietnama" ( "The Book of hortatives ") of Dulat Babatayuly was recognized as the book of the year.

A prominent Kazakh poet-philosopher D. Babatayuly was born in a family of poor man-nomad, but that did not stop him from becoming one of the most educated Kazakhs of his time. Dulat well knew Arabic letter, was a teacher of Abay Kunanbayev.

Speaking of an outstanding thinker, librarian of literature sector Elena Likhanova, highlighted the fact that Dulat Babatayuly was the first Kazakh poet, whose poems have been edited typographically and published as a book. The first collection of " Osietnama " ( "The Book of hortatives "), was published in Kazan in 1880.

Active participation in the bibliographic review and literary discussions took students and teachers of the Department of Kazakh Philology

The book exhibition devoted to the work of akyn was framed in the literature sector.