György Rózsa: Information: from claims to needs (Joint edition published by the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Kultura Hungarian Foreign Trading Company. Budapest, 1988)

II. International relations in the field of scientific information

132 12 September 1975 IC/Geneva/2096 To: Members of the Secretariat and Permanent Delegations Subject: Use of the various services of the Palais des Nations Library RULES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE USE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 1. The purpose of this document is to describe the services of the Palais des Nations Library, and to define the conditions for their use. 2. Authorized users (a) Official users: staff members of the Secretariat, members of Permanent Missions, the staff of specialized agencies of the United Nations at Geneva, journalists ac-. credited to the Organization, delegates of Conferences and consultants to the Secretariat. (b) Outside readers: the Library, as an international research centre, is open to persons engaged in research, on presentation of a reader's card which is issued by the Library itself. The Library may require applicants for a reader's card to submit a recommendation in support of their application. (c) Users of the League of Nations Archives: access is governed by the rules issued by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (see Circular ST/SGB/135/Corr.l of 26 December 1969). 3. Consultation of the collections Official users may either consult works in the reading rooms of the Library itself, or borrow works from the Library; outside readers may consult works only in the Library reading rooms. The following works may not be borrowed: works belonging to the collections in the reading rooms, United Nations documents, old, rare or valuable books and other publications requiring special protection. However, the Chief Librarian or officers designated by him may permit exceptions to this rule. The reading rooms are open countinuously from 3.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and works may borrowed at any time between 9.30 a.m. and 12 p.m., and between 2 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. Access to the stacks is prohibited. 4. Loans (a) The Library lends its works directly to users in the following categories: — staff of the United Nations Secretariat holding regular appointments; — members of Permanent Missions and accredited journalists.