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United Nations: Dag Hammarskjöld Library
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl

Organization Overview:

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library was dedicated on November 16, 1961 in honr of the late secretary-general. The Library Building, a gift from the Ford Foundation, adjoins the Secretariat at the southwest corner of the headquarters site.

The library's legislative mandate was established by the General Assembly in document A/C.5/298 of September 28, 1949. The library's primary function is to enable the delegations, the Secretariat and other official groups of the organization to obtain, with the greatest possible speed, convenience and economy, the library materials and information needed in the execution of their duties. The purpose is to provide library services, including maintenance of an archival collection of United Nations documents and publications and in-house production and processing of data, for use by delegates, missions and United Nations staff members, as well as by specialized researchers, while enabling all libraries of the United Nations system to function as a user-oriented network. Furthermore, the library is to establish depository libraries worldwide for dissemination of United Nations information. (See http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/history.htm for more information.)

Project:

Barcoding Project for Archival Collection of UN Documents (Up to Four Students)

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library and Knowledge Sharing Center will be relocating to alternate premises during major renovations of the United Nations complex. The archival collection of bound United Nations documents has never been barcoded. This is a necessary task both for inventory purposes and to gauge the condition of the collection for preservation activities. The library is looking for as many as four students to assist with this project.

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