The UN Digital Library - Dag Hammarskjöld Library

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is a library located on the grounds of the United Nations headquarters in the Turtle Bay/East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is connected to the Secretariat and Conference buildings via corridors at ground level and underground. It is named after Dag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary-general of the United Nations. The library was established in 1946 and the current library building was completed in 1961. The library provides research and reference services to staff of the UN Secretariat and members of UN permanent missions. In addition, the library is the principal depository (central) library for United Nations documents and publications and maintains a distinguished collection of materials of specialized agencies and United Nations subordinate bodies, as well as a collection of books, periodicals and other materials relevant to the organization's programs of activity. The Library also produces a digital library of UN materials, an index to proceedings and documentation of major UN bodies, and provides research guides to find UN-related materials and information. The library also supports the worldwide network of UN libraries by supporting collaborative acquisitions of information resources.