This section contains a general presentation on library management. The idea is to address the problems faced by Small and Field librarians or library assistants. This page will be updated as necessary. Therefore, please feel free to let us know your needs and we will try to accommodate them as much as possible.
Our global partners: Depository Libraries ¦ UN Information Centres ¦
Our individual partners: UN System in Mozambique ¦ UN Information Center (Ecuador) ¦ Centre d’Information et de Documentation (Mauritania) ¦
Atelier d'introduction à la
documentation des Nations unies (in French)
A general introduction to UN documentation, particularly to research tools, such as the
indexes to the documents of the main UN organs, databases prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library (UNBISnet and UN-I-QUE), the UN Internet site, as well as the UN
Official Document System (ODS) and the online Treaty Collection.
For starters..... An updated version of a manual containing guidelines on the management of a UN document collection. It is based on a manual designed for the United Nations Information Centres Library Assistants. Some of the information is repeated in our section devoted to UN documentation. (Also available for downloading in Word 2000)
UN Web Search A training guide designed to give an overview of the UN website and to demonstrate effective search methods in selected databases, such as Human Rights, ReliefWeb, UN Treaty Collection and Press Releases.
Grant information and Training resources... Links to organization websites, guidelines on grant proposal writing and information on training services offered by different institutions.