Services for Libray Visitors:

Opening hours
Facilities for visitors
Libray Services
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The United Nations Common Library exists with the purpose of providing information support to the United Nations staff in Pakistan as well as the consultants and researchers working on the ongoing projects. The collections have been built and services have been designed especially to fulfil the information needs of the United Nations System in Pakistan.

However, we also welcome the visiting researchers and students who are working in the areas relevant to the United Nations' work and wish to use our collections or the online resources of the UN, for reference purposes. No special authorization is necessary for visiting the United Nations Common Library. The following services and facilities are available for persons visiting the Library:

Facilities for Library visitors:

    1. Online catalogue

    Relevant and comprehensive search results are available from our library's Online Catalogue. You can search the Catalogue while you're visiting, or save time by searching before you come.

    2. Access to the collections

    The print materials are available on the open shelves. The CD ROM collection, Online Statistical Databases and Digital Repositories of UN Documents are available on open access PCs. Detailed information about our holdings and the arrangement of the collection is available.

    3. Reading Room

    Visitors may stay in the Library Reading Room up to 4:45pm to read the books, magazines and newspapers or consult the online resources of the United Nations through the Free Internet Access Terminals.

    4. Internet Access Terminals for public

In order to facilitate access to the extensive online information resources of the United Nations, we offer free Internet Access Terminals to the persons visiting the Library. Users of this service can:
    1. Make Internet Searches to retrieve information on UN Web Sites
    2. Access the Online Statistical Databases and Full-text document repositories
    3. Search the UN Common Library Catalog
    4. Consult the Information on CD ROM Server

After consultation of Internet based resources, the required information and data may be sent to an e-mail address or downloaded on a diskette.

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Library Services

    1. The Book Loans Service

      2. Book loans, are available to the members only as permissible by the Book Loans Procedure. Other visitors must see the information on Interlibrary Loans / Document Delivery or find out about becoming an Online User. Otherwise, the users must consult the materials within the library or use the photocopying service as permitted by copyright law.

    2. Reference and Readers' Enquiry Service

      3. Research advice and practical help is available to the visitors, from our knowledgeable and experienced library staff.

    3. The Inter-Library Loans Service

      4. In order to fulfil the diverse information needs of our Library users, we strive to exploit the extensive resources available in the other libraries in Islamabad. Interlibrary loan links have beenestablished with libraries like PIMS Library for Medical Information, PIDE Library for Development and Economics information, NARC Library for Agricultural information, etc, and required information items are borrowed from these libraries for our users. Users affiliated with these Libraries can utilize the facility for borrowing our Library's materials through their libraries.

    4. The Photo copying Service

The UN staff, the UN delegates and affiliated users can make a limited free usage of the Library's photocopying machine for making one copy only. Other users may use the paid photocopy facility.

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Opening hours

Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 noon

We are open throughout the year, except on UN Holidays

While visiting the UN Common Library, you will be able to make full use of our rich collections, online resources and the following facilities and services:

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How to find us:

The UN Common Library is located on the

1st Floor, Saudi Pak Tower,
Blue Area, Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Ask at the Reception Desk by the main entrance.

We may also be accessed by:

Phones: 92-51-2800133-42 Ext:2287, Fax: 92-51- 2800031 & 92-51-8200034 or Email: unlib@un.org.pk

You can also become an ONLINE USER of the UN Common Library.

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