BIRINCHI АYOL KUTUBXONАSHUNOS OLIMА – OSIYO QOSIMOVА 95 YOSHDА

Аnnotatsiya. XX asrda Oʼzbekiston ilm-fanining rivojlanishida, ayniqsa kutubxonachilik fanining va amaliyotining taraqqiyotida koʼplab rus va mahalliy millat olimlari alohida oʼrin tutgan. Аyniqsa, kutubxonachilik va bibliografiya ilmining rivojlanishiga oʼz hayotini va butun faoliyatini bagʼishlagan oʼzbek olimlarimiz kam boʼlsa-da, bor. Ulardan biri Qosimovа Osiyo Gʼafurovnadir. 2025-yil 25-mayda Osiyo Gʼafurovna tavlludiga 95 yil boʼladi. Maqolada shu insonning hayoti va faoliyati haqida so‘z yuritiladi Kalit soʼzlar: kutubxonashunoslik, fan, tarjimai hol, Oʼzbekiston. Abstract. On May 25, 2025, the first female librarian Asiya Gafurovna Kasimova will turn 95. Many of us, her students, know or do not know enough about her. In the XX century, a separate place was occupied, although not much, by scientists, library scientists and bibliograp hers in the development of science, especially library science in Uzbekistan. Especially there were Uzbek scientists who devoted their efforts, lives to the development of library science, one of them is the only woman not only in Uzbekistan, but also in Central Asia in our field - this is a doctor of historical sciences, professor Asiya Kasimova. Keywords: library science, science, biographies, Uzbekistan.