The Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) : Role in Bridging the Information Gap with particular Reference to The Developing Countries

Mangla, P. B. (2002) The Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) : Role in Bridging the Information Gap with particular Reference to The Developing Countries.

Abstract

Opening Excerpt from Presentation: It is most appropriate that the present Symposium is being organised in order to pay tribute to Dag Hammarskjold who dedicated himself to peace in the world, and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Dag Hammarskjold Library, which certainly is a legacy of the late Secretary General. The United Nations Library was given the present name on November 16, 1961 as a Memorial to the late Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General, who was killed in an aircraft crash on September 17, 1961. It certainly was a befitting tribute to a great human being, a poet, philosopher and a mystic. He had all the attributes of a Karamayogi as given in Bhagavad Gita, a well-known Hindu scripture. He had extensive interests as a bibliophile who knew so well both the wisdom and beauty to be found in the printed page. ...