Библиотека КСМА была основана в 1939 году. 

В основе создания библиотеки лежали работы Л.М. Лаппа-Данилевской, Н.А. Рутковской, В.Р. Гончаровой, С.М. Бокинга и других, фундаментом для которой послужила библиотека Дома врача. В то время библиотечный фонд насчитывал 11936 книг, брошюр и журналов.

В течение 30 лет заведующей библиотекой была Зоя Кадыровна Мустаева, которая внесла огромный вклад в ее развитие.

С 1989 года библиотеку возглавляла В. Гончарова. 

В 2002 году библиотеку возглавила С. Мырзабекова.

В 2005 году в КГМА была создана электронная библиотека.

Since 2007 the library was headed by an experienced specialist of library business Sulaymankulova B., she was awarded the title of "Excellence in Education of the Kyrgyz Repulic." On the initiative of Sulaymankulova B. In 2009 the electronic library was transferred into the library   by the decision of the Commission of KSMA in order to improve the service of readers.

Since 2009 the head of the library was appointed Imankulova J.J.

In 2010 were created information-librarian complex is headed by Karasheva N. T., the structure included a library, electronic library, the Department of system and technical support and the sector of technical training.

In 2014, in the library was installed IRBIS-64, which allowed to automate the cataloging.

In 2015 for more complete access to electronic resources of users of KSMA library was created its own official website: library.kgma.kg. The site contains information about new arrivals of printed publications. The library website provides remote access to full-text databases of textbooks, teaching materials.

Since 2016, in connection with the reorganization of the information and library complex, the library has become an independent structural unit, which included an electronic library.

Since 2017 the head of the library was appointed Ibraimova G.D.

In 2017 at the morphological building was opened a reading room.

In 2018 in the student campus namedafter I. K. Akylbekov in Tash-Dobo viliage were opened Library and reading room  for readers of the Faculty for Foreign Citizens with English language teaching, specialization "General Medicine".

In 2019 was opened an electronic library in the morphological building.

In 2021 at the morphological building was opened a new reading room.

In 2024, the Library of the I.K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy held the Russian–Kyrgyz Scientific Library Forum.

In 2025, the Library of the I.K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy acquired the Integrated IRBIS64+ Library Automation System, SK Digital Library, and SK–Wallet.  

     Currently, the library has more than 620 000 copies of various documents, most of which are medical textbooks.      

Fund subscription service for readers of the medical faculty with English language training more than 16000 copies.

The Fund of periodicals consists of 78 titles of scientific and medical journals. Every year teachers and students subscribe to scientific medical journals and Newspapers.

The Fund of the electronic library is more than 7000 textbooks, teaching materials, videos. Ebook READER e-books are available in the student library.

Braille textbooks are available for beneficiary students. To convert the work into a copy of the available format is installed the program, which calles “Balabolka”.

In the library the service of readers is carried out on 7 subscriptions, in 6 reading rooms for 278 seats in the main building, in the morphological building, in the 4th academic building, in the student campus named I. K. Akylbekova, in 3 halls of electronic resources for 39 seats. Every year library workers serve more than 215 thousand users and issue more than 360 thousand different types of publications.

The electronic resources sector of the library generates electronic resources on medicine and health. Readers of the medical Academy have access to the resources in the classroom reading mode. The electronic resources sector has access to medical databases on the Internet.

The e-resources sector contains the following resources:

• books in electronic format
• teaching materials
• lectures
• medical videos
• audio books
• Full-text database of the journal "VESTNIK of KSMA"

Library staff annually hold book exhibitions.

The library has an automated library system "IRBIS". Currently installed modules: "ADMIN", "SELECTOR", "CATALOGER", "READER", "delivery of BOOKS".

For more complete access to electronic resources of users of the KSMA library,  was created the library's own official website   library.kgma.kg.

The site contains information about new arrivals of printed publications.

The library website provides remote access to full-text databases of teaching materials.

Access is possible via login and password:

Login - Full name of the reader

Password - library card number

Was created website "Euroasian Health Journal"  vestnik.kgma.kg 

The Library of the I.K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy obtained access to the electronic library system “Consultant of the Student” (GEOTAR-Media). 

The Library of the I.K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy subscribed to the “East View Information Services” periodicals database.

1. Library

• Acquisition and organization of catalogs
• Subscription service for senior students, clinical residents, graduate students and teachers
• Subscription service for readers of the medical faculty with English language training in the main building
• Subscription service for readers of the medical faculty with English language training in the student campus named after K. I. Akylbekova
• Subscription service for readers in the morphological corpus
• Subscription service for readers of the dental faculty
• Subscription service for readers of the faculty of pharmacy
• Subscription service for readers of General subjects, Lyceum and preparatory course
• Reading room in the main building
• Reading room of scientific and medical information    
• Reading room for readers of the medical faculty with English language training in the main building
• Reading room for readers of the medical faculty with English language training in the student campus named after K. I. Akylbekova
• Reading room in the morphological building
• Reading room in the 4th academic building

2. The sector of electronic resources

• Electronic resources hall in the main building
• Hall of electronic resources in the morphological building