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
134 IC/Geneva/2096 (page 2) Readers are requested to return to the Library, within the prescribed time-limits, all borrowed works which they no longer need. Users who are about the leave Geneva on long missions or on leave must return to the Library any works they have borrowed. Reference units are asked to assist the Library in recovering works left in offices. 7. Reference service It may be useful to describe briefly how the Library's reference and information system operates. (a) A general reference unit (room В . 121, extension 4194) provides information to users on all questions of a general nature (conditions of consultation, location of the various collections, etc.), assists readers in using the main catalogue and in collecting reference works, and provides guidance to readers by telling them to whom they should address particular questions; (b) The loans service (room B. 121, extension 4184) deals with all questions relating to loans, their renewal, recall notices and inter-Library loans; (c) The Chief of the Readers' services and Documentation Section (room B.46, extension 2291) helps users to compile specialized bibliographical lists. Many such lists have already been compiled. (d) The specialized reading rooms contain collections of basic works, specialized reference works (bibliographies, encyclopaedias, etc.), current periodicals and card indexes of articles in periodicals. Librarians specialized in law, economics, international organizations, etc., are available to assist users in their research. The reading rooms are as follows: - United Nations Collections (room B.127, extensions 4185,4186,4187); - Economics, Finance and Transport (room B.340, extension 4198); - Legal and Political (room B.358, extension 4195); - Social Questions (room B. 352, extension 4196); - Specialized agencies (room B.348, extension 4190); - Bibliographical Collections, General Current Press (room B.135 /former Room XV/, extension 4015); - Historical Collections, League of Nations Archives (room B.34, extension 3054, 3052). (e) The Acquisition unit (room B.50, extension 2285) receives suggestions from readers for the purchase of books and provides information on current acquisitions. Those interested may here consult publishers' catalogues, brochures on new works, etc. (f) Publications Members of the Secretariat are reminded that the Library issues the following bibliographical publications:
