UN depot library

A UN Depository Library (also depository of the United Nations , Eng. United Nations Depository Library is) one of the United Nations recognized library , whose job it is, publications and documents of the United Nations as well as publications of the UN agencies to collect and open to the public close. The UN Depot Libraries are part of a United Nations global library system managed by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library .

history

The United Nations Library , based in New York City , was founded in 1946. The first UN depot libraries were founded the following year in collaboration with local libraries. After the accidental death of Dag Hammarskjöld , the United Nations Library in New York was renamed the Dag Hammarskjöld Library on November 16, 1961 . The Depository Libraries are part of a global information network of the United Nations. This network now includes more than 350 libraries in 134 countries.

UN depot libraries in German-speaking countries

Germany

• Free University of Berlin - University Library (since 5/1956)
• Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage (since 5/1956)
• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law - United Nations Depository Library (since 10/1949)
• Thuringian University and State Library / ZWB - Depository Library of the United Nations (since 4/1957)
• Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel (since 10/1948)
• Bavarian State Library (since 4/1956)
• University Library Potsdam (10/1995–12/2019)

Austria

• Herbert Batliner European Institute in Salzburg (since 6/1996)
• United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Vienna

Switzerland

• University Institute for International Studies and Development in Geneva (since 6/1947)
• United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Geneva

Web links

• United Nations Depository Library Program

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UN Depot Library , www.mpil.de, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law , accessed on December 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Information from the United Nations Depository Library Program , accessed December 23, 2016.