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Dissertation Information for Doris Cruger Dale

NAME:
- Doris Cruger Dale

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1968)

ADVISORS:
- Oliver L. Lilley

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: The origin and development of the United Nations Library

Abstract: Before analyzing the administrative organization
of the United Nations Library, the author devotes one
chapter to the historical predecessors of the Library,
limning in some detail the establishment of two libraries.
the Conference Library of the United Nations Conference
on International Organization in San Francisco and the ,
Library of the Preparatory Commission in London. The
history of the League of Nations Library in Geneva is
not delineated but the relations of the Geneva Library
to the Library in New York are analyzed in some depth
since the Geneva Library provided an immediate and
salient precedent for the organization of the United
, Nations Library, the San Francisco and London libraries
being of a temporay character.
A major portion of the study (Chapter II) is
concerned with the development of administrative policy
in the United Nations Library, first in regard to the
desirable size of the collection, a decision which neeessitated the employment of many consultants and the
conducting of many surveys; and second, in regard to
the development of the acquisitions policy for the Library The use of interlibrary loans and contractual service,
the development of departmental libraries, and the work
of library committees are analyzed in Chapter III.
Chapter IV is concerned with the implementation
of the policies which were established insofar as technical
services, public services, and the indexing and
bibliographical services' of the Library were affected.
The diverse loci of the Library in the administrative
structure of the United Nations are described
and analyzed in some detail in Chapter V. This chapter
is also concerned with the role of the various administrators,
and explores the career of Carl H. Milam, who
was director of the United Nations Library from 1948 to
1950 and who contributed immeasurably to the successful
organzation of the Library.
The study concludes with a chapter on the physical accommodations of
the Library. First encamped in a
small room at Hunter College, then in sundry rooms at
Lake Success, and thirdly, in the Manhattan Building on
the headquarters site, the Library, with the dedication
of the magnificent marble and glass structure to the
memory of Dag Hammarskjold, finally occupied quarters
appropriate to the eminent organization in which it plays
such an indispensable role.

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:01:40

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ADVISEES:
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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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