The DCISM Library  Overview EINIRAS 2004 … arguably the foremost Danish collection within the fields of international relations and human rights Staff of 9 persons … 100,000+ books and reports; 1,000+ journal and yearbook titles (2004 budget ca. EUR ) …the merger of 4 previously independent libraries, as well as the two collections of the Foreign Ministry

The DCISM Library  A Website NorDoc 2004

The DCISM Library  The databases (I)

The DCISM Library  The databases (II) EINIRAS records Define search range (type of publication) In process Online / print Subject-defined (int.relations / development / human rights) SFX Metalib …

The DCISM Library  Users NorDoc 2004 Internals… Externals… From the distance… the library has moved Library to library… ILL

The DCISM Library  Profile NorDoc 2004 Value adding (indexing, annotating, create context, Gatekeeping / monitoring … ) Acquisition policies – stay in the drivers seat… Size matters … Link to ”deep” research and ”policy research” Link to other users, regret the missing teaching Positioning / internally - externally

The DCISM Library  Business concept EINIRAS 2004 Outsourcing (IT, Subscriptions, Purchasing?, Cataloguing?) Insourcing The Foreign Ministry … RUF research project database Library services (individual departments) ? The Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen)

The DCISM Library  Networking EINIRAS 2004 EADI InfoM … NorDoc … Huridocs … Einiras … Conference of Danish Special Libraries (LSF) … More … ?

The NorDoc Network EINIRAS 2004

The NorDoc Network  Activities EINIRAS 2004 Yearly meetings (25 – 50 persons) E.g. Institutional repositories, Researching terrorism (Timo Kivimäki, Birthe Hansen) …. List server , Directory and a WEB-home Thesaurus or  Journals / Articles  ( ~ EINIRAS Database Network)

The Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights  Bill of Parliament L 183, EINIRAS 2004 § 1 DCISM, two institutes, administration and a public, lending library - Danish Institute for International Studies - Danish Institute for Human Rights § 2,1-3 … (DIIS) documentation and information, as well as a library on international affairs § 2,2-6 … (IMR) ensure library and documentation of human rights issues

DCISM  A house of many Gods EINIRAS 2004 DCISM A home for the merged IIS DUPI ~ Foreign policy, Int. relations, Cold war CDR ~ Development COPRI ~ conflicts DCHF ~ Genocide, Holocaust IMR DCMR ~ Human rights NEL ( Board for Ethnic Equality )

Danish Institute for International Studies EINIRAS 2004

DIIS EINIRAS 2004 Profile research and policy analysis /advice, whitebooks, support initiatives e.g. Cold war, migration, Middle East and the (?) position of DK in the Security Council (Committee on terrorism?) Departments Cross-cutting? Conflict / staff numbers? All departments?

Danish Institute for International Studies EINIRAS 2004

Danish Institute for Human Rights EINIRAS 2004

IMR EINIRAS 2004 Profile – the national focal … (?) International ”NGO” / Project factory Research National EINIRAS relevance?

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