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UN Library Digitization Team

Explore Every Word: Full-Text Search for Security Council Resolutions Is Here!

The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized Security Council resolutions from 1946 to present. They are now accessible and fully searchable in the United Nations Digital Library.

UN Library Digitalization and Preservation Programme

What We Do

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library’s digitalization initiative preserves and enhances access to the United Nations' documentary history, providing cost-free and easy access to a global audience.

UN Library Digitized Document Series

Digitalized Document Series 

Access a list of our digitized collections, including resolutions & decisions made by UN's Principal Organs since 1946, a variety of Benchmark Series, and on the SDGs.

UN Library Digitalization and Preservation Collaboration

Collaborations

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL) welcomes collaborative partnerships in preserving and providing public access to the United Nations’ vast documentary heritage.

International Open Access Week

Insight Series Keynote: International Open Access Week

Focusing on the past, present and future of Open Access, the event took place on 23 October 2024. Watch the recording.

SC Representatives by Region

Enhancing Gender Data on UN Security Council Representatives

The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a notable project that enriches the data available on the historic gender ratio of UN Security Council representatives.

2023 by the numbers

2023: A Year of Innovation & Progress for the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library

In 2023, the United Nations Headquarters Library marked a year of significant transformation and notable achievements.

DHL user survey QR code 2024

Help shape the future: Take the UN Library Global Survey

The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York is launching  to gather feedback from our diverse communities.

International Open Access Week

Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs

This HLPF side event virtual panel took place on 17 July 2024. Watch the recording.

STI 2024 Digital threats to the achievement of the SDGs: Libraries as the target

Digital threats to the achievement of the SDGs: Libraries as the target

A side event at the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals that took place on 09 May 2024.

Blue Book

The Blue Book (1946-1994)

The Blue Book provides a list of the representatives of Member States to the United Nations. The complete collection from 1946 up to today is now conveniently accessible and searchable in the .

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A Right to Read without being Read: Data Collection and the Scholarly Record

The right to privacy is a fundamental human right. But what does privacy look like in the digital age? Watch the recording.

Digitization Update – International Conference on Human Rights

In preparation for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 2023, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized the complete documentation of the International Conference on Human Rights held in Teheran, Iran, from 22 April to 13 May 1968. 

Universal Access to Information

Universal Access to Information

Celebrating the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The event took place on 28 September, 2023. Watch the recording.

Policy Makes Practice: Open Science and Public Funding for the Public Good event image

Policy makes Practice: Open Science and Public Funding for the Public Good

This virtual side event to the High-Level Political Forum took place on 12 July 2023. WATCH THE RECORDING.