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The '''United Nations Library & Archives Geneva''' are ....
The '''United Nations Library & Archives Geneva''' are ....


The UN Library Geneva is open to UN Staff, Permanent Missions and researchers.
The UN Library Geneva is open to UN Staff, [[Diplomatic mission|Permanent Missions]] and researchers.


== Collection ==
== Collection ==
[[File:UNOG Library UN General Assembly Documents.JPG|thumb|UN General Assembly Documents]]
* The Library houses the largest United Nations documents collection in Europe. It also maintains a comprehensive collection of materials of the specialized agencies and the United Nations affiliated bodies. The collection, which comprises over four million printed items in the six official languages of the United Nations, encompasses the entirety of the Organisation's activities since its inception in 1946.<ref name=":0" />


* The Library collects books, periodicals and electronic resources to support the programmes and activities of the United Nations Organisation in a number of areas, including international law, human rights, multilateralism, diplomacy and international relations, disarmament, sustainable development, humanitarian affairs, refugees, economic and social development, environment, and more. It offers one of the richest collections in Europe in the fields of law, politics, and social sciences.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Library Collections {{!}} The United Nations Office at Geneva |url=https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives/library/collections |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.ungeneva.org |language=en}}</ref>
* The Library houses the largest United Nations documents collection in Europe. It also maintains a comprehensive collection of materials of the specialized agencies and the United Nations affiliated bodies. The collection, which comprises over four million printed items in the six official languages of the United Nations, encompasses the entirety of the Organisation's activities since its inception in 1946.
* Following the closure of the UNHCR Library in 2008, the institution's specialised collection was transferred to the UN Library & Archives Geneva.

* As the former library of the League of Nations, the collections also include notable books on peace from the pre-League period (XVIth-XIXth century).<ref name=":0" />
* The Library collects books, periodicals and electronic resources to support the programmes and activities of the United Nations Organisation in a number of areas, including international law, human rights, multilateralism, diplomacy and international relations, disarmament, sustainable development, humanitarian affairs, refugees, economic and social development, environment, and more. It offers one of the richest collections in Europe in the fields of law, politics, and social sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Library Collections {{!}} The United Nations Office at Geneva |url=https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives/library/collections |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.ungeneva.org |language=en}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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"While the Dag Hammarskjold Library at New York headquarters has contributed impressive bibliographies to the literature of human rights and international law, one must not overlook the splendid collection of the larger but less publicized UN Library at Geneva which has become the major resource for documentary study of human rights and related subjects."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Thomas H. |year=1978 |title=Highest Aspirations or Barbarous Acts, The Explosion in Human Rights Documentation: A Bibliographic Survey |journal=Law Library Journal |volume=71 |issue=1 |page=17}}</ref>
In 1978, law librarian Thomas H. Reynolds assessed the importance of UN libraries on human rights issues as follows: "While the Dag Hammarskjold Library at New York headquarters has contributed impressive bibliographies to the literature of human rights and international law, one must not overlook the splendid collection of the larger but less publicized UN Library at Geneva which has become the major resource for documentary study of human rights and related subjects."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Thomas H. |year=1978 |title=Highest Aspirations or Barbarous Acts, The Explosion in Human Rights Documentation: A Bibliographic Survey |journal=Law Library Journal |volume=71 |issue=1 |page=17}}</ref>




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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva}}
* [https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives Website]
* [https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives Website]
* [https://libraryresources.unog.ch/UNOGLibrary100/history History of the UN Library & Archives Geneva], libraryresources.unog.ch, 2019
* [https://libraryresources.unog.ch/UNOGLibrary100/history History of the UN Library & Archives Geneva], libraryresources.unog.ch, 2019

Revision as of 09:31, 18 July 2024

United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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46°13′36″N 6°08′26″E / 46.22667°N 6.14056°E / 46.22667; 6.14056
LocationPalace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
TypeSpecial library
ScopeUnited Nations-related research
Established1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Collection
Items collectedBooks, magazines, pamphlets, journals/periodicals, newspapers, official documents/publications, maps, microfilm/microfiche
Other information
Parent organizationUnited Nations
Websiteungeneva.org/en/library-archives

The United Nations Library & Archives Geneva are ....

The UN Library Geneva is open to UN Staff, Permanent Missions and researchers.

Collection

UN General Assembly Documents
  • The Library houses the largest United Nations documents collection in Europe. It also maintains a comprehensive collection of materials of the specialized agencies and the United Nations affiliated bodies. The collection, which comprises over four million printed items in the six official languages of the United Nations, encompasses the entirety of the Organisation's activities since its inception in 1946.[1]
  • The Library collects books, periodicals and electronic resources to support the programmes and activities of the United Nations Organisation in a number of areas, including international law, human rights, multilateralism, diplomacy and international relations, disarmament, sustainable development, humanitarian affairs, refugees, economic and social development, environment, and more. It offers one of the richest collections in Europe in the fields of law, politics, and social sciences.[1]
  • Following the closure of the UNHCR Library in 2008, the institution's specialised collection was transferred to the UN Library & Archives Geneva.
  • As the former library of the League of Nations, the collections also include notable books on peace from the pre-League period (XVIth-XIXth century).[1]

History

In 1978, law librarian Thomas H. Reynolds assessed the importance of UN libraries on human rights issues as follows: "While the Dag Hammarskjold Library at New York headquarters has contributed impressive bibliographies to the literature of human rights and international law, one must not overlook the splendid collection of the larger but less publicized UN Library at Geneva which has become the major resource for documentary study of human rights and related subjects."[2]


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Library Collections | The United Nations Office at Geneva". www.ungeneva.org. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Thomas H. (1978). "Highest Aspirations or Barbarous Acts, The Explosion in Human Rights Documentation: A Bibliographic Survey". Law Library Journal. 71 (1): 17.

Bibliography

  • Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, The Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva - Custodian of League of Nations and United Nations Heritage, Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge in Session 201 - Government Information and Official Publications with Government Libraries. In: IFLA WLIC 2014, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France. (online)
  • Jean-Claude Pallas: Histoire et architecture du Palais des Nations, 1924-2001 : l’art déco au service des relations internationales, Nations Unies, Genève 2001. ISBN 92-1-200354-0. Pages 256-269: Le bâtiment de la Bibliothèque
  • P. K. (Purushottam Krishna) Garde, The United Nations family of libraries, Asia publishing house, New York, 1970, Ranganathan series in library science, 22. ISBN 9780210222829
  • Norman S. Field, La bibliothèque des Nations Unies de Genève, Revue de la Société Suisse des Bibliophiles, 11 (1968), https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-388088
  • Muriel Hoppes, The Library of the League of Nations at Geneva. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 31, no. 3, 1961, pp. 257–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4305126 (paywall)
  • List of documents about the UN Library in Geneva: link