United Nations depository libraries: Activities by Depository Libraries

Stanford University Libraries (DL-21), California, United States (October 2012)

Oct 24, 2012: In celebration of United Nations Day, The Green Library at Stanford University held an Open House and exhibited a selection of materials from the Library's and Hoover Archives collections, including the UN Charter, reproductions of UN Day posters, and even a board game from 1955 titled: The United Nations and How It Works: Do It Yourself Kit..

This exhibit was assembled and curated by Kris Kasianovitz, Government Information Librarian, and Elga Zalite, Government Information Bibliographic Assistant. For more information see http://library.stanford.edu/news/happy-un-day. Additional photos are also available: photo album. (All photos credits to Ms Kris Kasianovitz)

Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DL-230), Uppsala, Sweden (September 2012)

27-30 September 2012: The depository library of Uppsala University library, Sweden – The Dag Hammarskjöld and law library – took part at the Book and Library Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden (see picture attached). The UN-library had a stand along with the UNA Sweden and the Swedish organizations of UNICEF, UNDP and UN Women - all gathered under the UN flag. The theme this year was the 8 MDGs. The fair is open to the public and the visitors to the stand varied from young high school students to senior researchers as well as the interested public among whom some even had encountered Dag Hammarskjöld in person.

8 September 2012: The depository library of Uppsala University library, Sweden – The Dag Hammarskjöld and law library – took part in the Cultural Night arranged by the city of Uppsala. The library had an exhibit on the 8 MDGs including literature and information material. There was also an exhibit of UN stamps and the film Uppsala’s Dag Hammarskjöld was shown. The film can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUyB0sXQ6-A

Kerala University Library (DL-246), Thiruvananthapuram, India (October 2012)

Kerala University Library (DL-246) organized an exhibition of the UN and World Bank Publications in the Library for a span of two weeks starting from 24th October to 7th November 2012, in connection with UN-Day. The Exhibition was formally inaugurated by Smt. L.Saraswathy Deputy Librarian-In-Charge ,Kerala University Library, on 24th October-2012 in the UN&WB section in the Library.

The exhibition received much media coverage, publicity and enthusiastic involvement of the reading community. The student community, research scholars and faculty members access the documents.

University of valencia (DL-248), Valencia, Spain (October 2012)

The University of Valencia (DL-248) organized a special day of celebration for the United Nations day on October 24, 2012.

This popular event was attended by local digniataries: Ms. Carmen Martinez, Mayor of Quart de Poblet; Mr. Santiago Cabanas, General Director for Foreign, Multilaterals, Global and Security Affairs, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Also in attendance were Mr. J. Christer Elfverson, Special Advisor to the UNWTO Secretary-General and Mr Michel Bergeron.

Many thanks go to the UN Depository Librarian, Ms M. Consuelo Pons Pons who is a very active member of the United Nations Depository Library system.

Kyushu UN Depository Library (DL-228), Fukuoka, Japan (June- July 2012)

The Kyushu UN Depository Library organized several programmes and activities:

- Briefing librarians on the United Nations collections: this briefing was centered around the subjects of depository system categories, publication formats & classification. It was conducted at the Conference Room of the Fukuoka City Public Library. In total, it was attended by 55 participants.

- Publicity Activities and Book Exhibits: to promote the United Nations Rio +20 international conference, Kyushu UN Depository Library organized several events and published written accounts on their newsletter (KUNDL News No.68 May June 2012, 750 copies) and distributed to patrons ,students, researchers; Rio +20 was also promoted onthe the library's homepage. Additionally a book exhibit with the same theme was displayed at the library.

University of Macau Library, China (October 2011)
The University of Macau Library, Document Centre holds various events regularly to promote the UN resources. In October 2011, it parcticipated in the Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) to promote the international organizations and related resources to the public.

Osmania University Library (DL-236), India (October 2011)

On the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Osmania University Library in collaboration with the Southern Regional Centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) organized United Nations Day Celebrations from 24th to 29th October 2011 .

This year's chosen theme was the International Year of Chemistry. The goals of “International year of Chemistry” are to increase the public appreciation of Chemistry in meeting world needs, to
encourage interest in Chemistry among young people and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of Chemistry.

A Book Exhibition of UN documents and Chemistry Books was organized in the Central Hall of the University Library and it was Inaugurated by Prof. S. Satyanarayana, Honorable Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University on 24th October 2011.

Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DL-230), Sweden (Sept. 2011)

In connection with the 50th anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, Uppsala University Library published a bibliography on Dag Hammarskjöld Literature posted at:
http://www.dhf.uu.se/publications/dag-hammarskjold-literature/

In addition, the Uppsala University Library produced a film about Dag Hammarskjöld’s Uppsala background (Press play button to start below):

The "Uppsala’s Dag Hammarskjöld" film has been made available as a DVD and online.

UNIC Tokyo: 43rd Annual Meeting of UN Depository Libraries (September 2011)

Throughout the two-day meeting, UNIC Tokyo appealed to the depository libraries to expand their outreach activities and to come back next year with what may be considered “best practices” for other depository libraries in the world.

The first day of the meeting focused on the outreach aspect, while the second day’s focus was on the enhancement of reference services.

The participants were able to articulate their commitments to increase and strengthen their outreach activities toward next year, through their discussions with colleagues from other depository libraries.

The meeting was organized in such a manner that the entire UNIC staff could contribute, in particular to encourage the depository libraries to expand their outreach activities, with each individual staff member speaking in their capacity and appealing for continued and expanded cooperation from participating libraries.

University of Macau Library, China (August 2011)
The University of Macau Library, Document Centre, holds various events regularly to promote the UN resources, such as in the United Nations Anniversary, in public exhibition, University of Macau Open Day, and other activities. As a result, usage of valuable UN resources is maximized. Recently, the University of Macau's Global Affairs Office actively participated in the promotion of the UN Citizen Ambassadors video contest; A posting about the contest was placed on the University of Macau bulletin, encouraging all students and members to participate in the contest.

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The Depository Library System is an important part of outreach efforts of the United Nations. As such, the United Nations strongly encourages all depositories to organize events and activities on a regular basis to publicize their United Nations collections to a wider audience. Click above to see recent events organized by depository libraries.Please share your events with us by sending photographs, programmes, summaries, etc., of your event to the Coordinator, Depository Libraries. While the United Nations cannot support events financially, it may be possible to provide promotional materials to an organizing library if informed far in advance. Contacts for promotional materials: A local United Nations office A local United Nations Development Programme office Depository Libraries group Examples of events undertaken by depositories (Depositories wishing to use the United Nations emblem or flag must obtain permission from the United Nations.): - Book exhibits (general or specific themes); - Posting information on the United Nations collection on the Internet/Intranet site; - Briefings on the United Nations collection during student orientation sessions; - Preparation of brochures and user guides for the United Nations collection; - Roundtable meetings and seminars on United Nations-related issues; - Conducting training in United Nations website searching, use of United Nations databases, etc.; - Active assistance to Model UN programmes; - Promotion of the use of United Nations documents/publications for teaching. Sources for event ideas: Conferences, events, international years and decades Civil society/Business partners with the United Nations The UN Works Cyber School Bus Academic Textbook Programme