Tour of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library ACRL/NY – Professional Development Committee May 22, 2015

Photos and texts by Mayumi Miyaoka & Barbara Bonous-Smit, ACRL Professional Development Committee co-chairs

Tour participants with the “Non-violence” sculpture

Entering through the lobby of the United Nations Headquarters

Dag Hammarskjöld Library Opened in 1961; 6.2 million dollars donated by the Ford Foundation to build the Library

Introduction by Ms. Ramona Kohrs, Librarian and the Outreach and Professional Development officer at Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Information Desk

Reading Room

Map Collection 80,000+ sheet maps in collection; includes peace keeping maps;

some used to settle issues of boundaries

The collection includes 7,000+ “League of Nations” documents (2nd largest after the collection in Geneva)

and the Charter of the United Nations

UN documents/publications 50,000+ linear feet, approx. 10 million items in seven (7)

languages includes resolutions, mandates; housed in compact shelving units

The Woodrow Wilson Reading Room Such a nice welcome and hospitality offered by the UN Librarians and staff!

The Chief Librarian, Mr. Lain Watt talks about the challenges and issues at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Many of the challenges discussed such as budget

and outreach to stakeholders mirrored the ones at academic libraries.

An overview of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library by Ms. Kohrs

Q & A session – The panel of UN Librarians - Ramona, Peter, Laura, Joëlle (from left to right)

On behalf of the ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee, we would like to thank the Librarians and the Staff at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library for welcoming the ACRL/NY and ACRL members to their Library.

Mayumi Miyaoka, Co-chair Barbara Bonous-Smit, Co-chair

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee