NEW DATABASE FOR LOCATING DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES OF UN SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCHED ON WORLD WIDE WEB
Press Release
ECOSOC/5802
PI/1083
NEW DATABASE FOR LOCATING DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES OF UN SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCHED ON WORLD WIDE WEB
19980915 NEW YORK, 15 September (Office for Inter-Agency Affairs) -- A new database of information about Depository Libraries of the United Nations System (DEPOLIB) has now been launched on the World Wide Web, giving Internet users "one stop shopping" to locate where such libraries exist.Arranged by an inter-agency task force of the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) Information Systems Coordination Committee, this new database is one more element to provide Member States with optimal access to United Nations system information, as recommended by various resolutions of the Economic and Social Council.
DEPOLIB is a searchable, and browse-able, source of contact information such as addresses, telephone/fax numbers and e-mail addresses, as well as click-able links to the home pages of those libraries which have websites of their own.
Information can be located as to the extent of the collection with respect to United Nations system materials -- for example, whole, partial or since certain years. United Nations system material is published in several official languages, therefore, DEPOLIB gives an indication of which language a selected depository library has its United Nations collection. However, it does not contain a catalogue of each depository library's United Nations collections.
The following organizations are currently participating in DEPOLIB: International Labour Organization (ILO); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); World Bank (IBRD); and the United Nations Headquarters. Other United Nations system organizations are expected to be added.
DEPOLIB can be accessed from the official website locator of the United Nations System of Organizations -- http://www.unsystem.org -- or directly at http://www.unsystem.org/depolib.
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