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102. Notes the holding of training courses conducted by the Dag
Hammarskjöld Library for the representatives of Member States and Secretariat staff
on the use of Cyberseek, web search, the Intranet, United Nations documentation,
United Nations Info Quest and the Official Document System of the United Nations;
103. Recalls paragraph 44 of its resolution 56/64 B of 24 December 2001, in
which it welcomed the role of the Department of Public Information in fostering
increased collaboration among libraries of the United Nations system, particularly in
establishing one central system-wide online catalogue that would allow for the
searching of the bibliographic records of all print holdings of all United Nations
system libraries, commends the International Computing Centre for developing the
United Nations System Shared Cataloguing and Public Access System, which
provides a single point of access to library catalogues, indexes and abstract
databases, library holdings, links to full-text resources and archives, also commends
the Department for its role in the development of the United Nations System Shared
Cataloguing and Public Access System, requests the Department to encourage all
United Nations system organizations to participate in the System, and requests the
Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its twenty-seventh
session in this regard;
104. Notes with appreciation the operation of a common library in Nairobi
within existing resources, in line with the approach set out in paragraph 37 of the
Secretary-General’s report on the modernization and integrated management of
United Nations libraries and in-depth review of library activities,17 and urges all
United Nations offices in Nairobi to participate in and support this venture;
VII
Outreach services
105. Acknowledges that the outreach services, implemented by the Outreach
Division of the Department of Public Information, continue to work towards
promoting awareness of the role and work of the United Nations on priority issues;
106. Notes the importance of the continued implementation by the Department
of Public Information of the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists
from developing countries and countries in transition, as mandated by the General
Assembly, and encourages the Department to consider how best to maximize the
benefits derived from the programme by reviewing, inter alia, its duration and the
number of its participants;
107. Recognizes the need for the Department of Public Information to increase
its outreach services in all regions, and reiterates the need to include, in the
reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and
communications, an analysis of the present reach and scope of the activities of the
Department, identifying the widest possible spectrum of audiences and geographical
areas that are not covered adequately and that may require special attention,
including the appropriate means of communication and bearing in mind local
language requirements;
108. Welcomes the movement towards educational outreach and the
orientation of the UN Chronicle, both print and online editions, to this end;
109. Calls upon the Department of Public Information to strengthen its role as
a focal point for two-way interaction with civil society relating to the priorities and
concerns of the Organization;
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