United Nations Publications Launches New United Nations iLibrary Platform | UNIC Canberra

abernard102@gmail.com 2016-02-17

Summary:

"United Nations Publications is pleased to announce the launch of the United Nations iLibrary (http://www.un-ilibrary.org), the first comprehensive global search, discovery, and dissemination platform for digital content created by the United Nations. Available from February 2016, the United Nations iLibrary provides librarians, information specialists, scholars, policy makers and the general public with a single online destination for seamlessly accessing knowledge products created by the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programs. To begin with, United Nations iLibrary includes publications, journals and series comprising facts and expertise on international peace and security, human rights, economic and social development, climate change, international law, governance, public health, and statistics. In future releases, the platform will also provide access to other resources such as working papers series and statistical databases. The United Nations iLibrary is optimized for use on both desktop and mobile devices, allowing all users to read, share and embed United Nations content. Premium functionality and downloadable editions are available as part of a subscription service. At launch, United Nations iLibrary comprises 750 titles in English, and 250 in other official languages of the United Nations: French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic ..."

Link:

http://un.org.au/2016/02/15/united-nations-publications-launches-new-united-nations-ilibrary-platform/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.un oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.green oa.repositories

Date tagged:

02/17/2016, 08:36

Date published:

02/17/2016, 03:36