United Nations: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Digitizes and Makes 160 Memorable Secretary General’s Bulletins Available Online
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Blog:
In an ongoing initiative the Dag Hammarskjöld Library’s Digitization Unit has scanned over 160 memorable Secretary General’s Bulletins, including UN staff rules, from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. These historical UN documents contain milestone communications including bulletins addressed to the “Members of the Staff of United Nations” by Secretaries-General Trygve Lie and Dag Hammarskjöld.
Since many of the staff rules have numerous amendments one can follow the path of refining for each rule, and the evolution of the Organization’s human resource topics throughout the decades.
The bulletins provide a rare historical perspective into human resource related communications during the early years of the United Nations. They address various UN staff matters, for example, SGB/1 issued by the first UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie established the “New York Headquarters and the temporary London office” in 1946. SGB/63 describes the “Functions of United Nations Archives” and ST/SGB/124 gives a detailed account of the ‘Revised Organization of the Secretariat’ from 1961. Other communications such as SGB/69 detail overtime practices, and the establishment of an Appeals Board (SGB/64).
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These historic Secretary-General’s Bulletins and Staff Rules and Regulations can be found in the Library’s own digital portal, the UN Digital Library. All Secretary General Bulletin documents begin with symbol SGB/ or ST/SGB, and can be found via the advanced search in the database.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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