New Possibilities in Providing Access to International Organizations Information: Experience of the Centre of Legal Information of the Russian State Library

Authors:

• Voskanyan E., Head of the Department of official and legal publications of the Russian State Library, Director of Noncommercial partnership «Interregional association of public legal information centers»
• Martynyuk S., Deputy Head of the Department of official and legal publications of the Russian State Library

Abstract: Russian State Library has the status of depository library of several international organizations and works on the basis of partnership and cooperation with the UN Information Centre and offices of other international organizations in Moscow.
The paper highlights the experience of the RSL Center of Legal Information in providing access to the authoritative international organizations information on the base of the new technological platform and a new concept of library and information services.
The description and the main functions and trends of activities of a new specialized reading room for the documents of international organizations in the Russian State Library which will be opened in the nearest future are also represented in this article.

Keywords: Russian State Library, Center of Legal Information, documents of international organizations, UN information, RSL partnership with international organizations, information support of the activity of international organizations.

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