UN Digital Library receives 2021 Jus Gentium Research Award
The UN Digital Library has been awarded the 2021 Jus Gentium Research Award by the American Society of International Law (ASIL).
Dag Hammarskjöld Library in 2020 by the numbers
In 2020, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library increased its global reach and found new ways of working with the UN community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Unpaywall and Open Access
If you have searched the Dag Hammarskjöld Library catalogue recently, you may have noticed a new feature: the addition of pink PDFs in your results list which link to the full text of open access articles. The new links are supported by the Unpaywall database, a non-profit service that has indexed over 27 million open access scholarly articles.
General debate statements at your fingertips
At the beginning of each session of the General Assembly, world leaders gather at UN Headquarters to share their views on the world stage. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year's general debate has transitioned to a mainly virtual format.
Want to learn more about which speakers have represented your country over the years? Which speaker gave the longest speech? Which Heads of State have delivered statements since 1946? Ask DAG has the answers!
1 Million Records in the UN Digital Library
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is celebrating the milestone of creating over one million bibliographic metadata records in the UN Digital Library, its online catalogue.
Explore 75 years of UN milestone documents
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has unveiled an online exhibit of key documents that have shaped international relations and led to remarkable changes in the lives of the peoples of the world.
Preservation Week and UN Oral History
Did you know that the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library offers a digital collection of oral history interviews and transcripts with senior UN officials and diplomats that offer insider views and personal perspectives on the Organization's work to maintain world peace? This is the UN Oral History Collection, a joint project of the UN Library and Yale University.
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Chat with us!
In addition to answering questions by phone and email, the Library now offers an online chat service. From questions about UN document symbols or events in the organization’s rich history, we have already responded to over 2,000 queries.
Remote access to Library services
The United Nations remains open for business, and so does the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Digital services will now be offered remotely to our clients and the Reading Rooms are open for in person services again.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library by the numbers
2019 was a busy year for the Dag Hammarskjöld Library! Explore our diverse Library activities, resources and operations via our infographic.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library by the numbers
2019 was a busy year for the Dag Hammarskjöld Library! Explore our diverse Library activities, resources and operations via our infographic.
Library launches linked data services platform
How can we make the UN’s published output relevant for searchers? Linked data is structured data interlinked with other data, making it more useful (and discoverable) through semantic queries. The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new linked data services platform: metadata.un.org.
Need help finding UN budget documents?
As part of the management reforms proposed by Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN is switching from a biennial to an annual budget on a trial basis, beginning with the programme budget for 2020.
Since budget documents can be hard to find, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has put together some tips on locating documents related to the proposed programme budget for 2020.
Latest Security Council Research Tool Online
We are pleased to announce that the 2018 edition of the Security Council Index to Proceedings has just been published and can be consulted online.
The Index to Proceedings gives insight into how various issues were brought before the Security Council for discussion and action, and which decisions were taken by the 15 Security Council members on questions of global concern.