Library Services
How to Contact Us &
Hours of Operation
The Library is open to the public Monday through Friday,
from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Please call our Information Services
Librarian, Jim Cornelius, at (202) 429-3851 to set up an appointment
to use library resources on site or to ask reference questions. You
may also send information requests via fax to (202) 429-6063; via e-mail
to library@usip.org or use the Contact
Us e-mail form; or mail letters to us at:
Jeannette Rankin Library Program
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-3011
To send comments, questions, URL submissions or to notify
us of any problems accessing the library's web pages, please e-mail
us at library@usip.org or use
the Contact Us e-mail
form.
Library Staff
Information Services
Jim Cornelius
(202) 429-3851
jcornelius@usip.org
Circulation and Interlibrary Loan
Kiran Sharma
(202) 429-3852
ksharma @usip.org
Library Computer Systems
Ellen H. Ensel
(202) 429-3895
eensel@usip.org
Library Program Director
Margarita S. Studemeister served as director 1994-2003
Library Collections &
Services
Collections
The core collection encompasses more than 11,000 books
and other monographs, journals and magazines, newspapers, audiovisual
and microform materials, CD-ROMs and electronic files, and access to
Internet resources and commercial databases.
The primary subjects of the collections are:
- conflict prevention, management and resolution
- diplomacy, negotiation and mediation
Other basic materials include related topics such as:
- peacekeeping and peacebuilding
- rule of law, international law and international security regimes
- war, violence, regional conflict, low-intensity conflict and security
- human rights, humanitarian affairs, and ethnic conflicts
- religion and ethics
- United Nations, interstate organizations and transnationalism
- political systems, international relations and economic development
- arms control, disarmament and deterrence.
The Reference Collection contains more than 1,400
basic and specialized reference volumes including general encyclopedias,
dictionaries, atlases, guides, handbooks, indexes, almanacs and bibliographies
in print and CD-ROM formats. Reference materials do not circulate. On-site
use only.
The Periodical Collection
includes subscriptions to approximately 160 journal and magazine titles
and several newspapers in print and electronic formats. Journal and
magazine holdings go back to 1989. Generally, newsprint issues are kept
for up to two months. Access to the electronic news archives is via
the in-house computer network. On-site use only.
The Circulating Book Collection encompasses more
than 6,500 volumes. Books may be used on-site by visitors or borrowed
for three weeks by patrons using interlibrary loan through their
host libraries.
The Grey Materials Collection holds research papers,
reports and other ephemeral materials primarily received through complimentary
subscriptions. They may be used on-site by visitors or borrowed for
three weeks by patrons using interlibrary loan through their
host libraries.
The Microform Collection presently consists of
the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports for all
regions of the world from 1989 through 1996. The library provides on-site
access to the electronic version available since 1996 on the Internet
and some back years on CD-ROM. Microform reading and reproduction equipment
are available for on-site use only.
The Audiovisual Collection contains video cassettes
on topics relevant to the mission of the library. Viewing equipment
is available for on-site use to library users.
The CD-ROM Collection includes The New York
Times and The Washington Post complete coverage from 1989
to 1999 and an index to FBIS publications 1997-1994 for on-site use
only.
The Peace Agreements Digital
Collection contains the full text of peace agreements related
to worldwide inter- and intrastate conflicts since 1989 for 40 regions
or countries.
The Truth Commissions
Digital Collection, contains background information and descriptions
of the establishment, mandate, composition and reports of truth commissions
in 24 countries and selected commissions of inquiry and related bodies
in 12 countries. The full-text charters establishing six commissions
have been added, with plans to add more supporting documents and reports.
Interlibrary Loan and Reference Services
Library Use and Interlibrary Loan
Visitors may use all library materials on site by appointment;
they may also borrow circulating books and grey materials using interlibrary
loan through their host libraries. Please contact our Library Technician,
Kiran Sharma at (202) 429-3852 for any Interlibrary Loan requests.
Reference and Referrals
We are a highly specialized library with in-depth resources
in a narrow subject area. We will be happy to assist members of the
public with reference queries, but we may refer you to other libraries
or information sources if we deem it appropriate. Please call our Information
Services Librarian Jim Cornelius at (202) 429-3851 to make an appointment
or ask a question. You may also fax your question to (202) 429-6063,
send it via e-mail to library@usip.org or use the Contact
Us e-mail form; or mail it to us at:
Jeannette Rankin Library Program
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-3011
Library Presentations
Jim Cornelius, Information Services Librarian,
presented his latest lectures on Internet resources as part of the Education
Program's week-long institute on August 3, 2001 for the Summer
Institute for Secondary School Teachers on
International Peace, Security
and Conflict Management. Assisted by Ellen Ensel linking to web
sites in real time, Jim touched on the evaluation of web sites, noted
the use of the Internet in the classroom and identified useful resources
complementing the topics discussed in the seminar. Participants received
a handout of all the web pages shown in each presentation.
Ellen Ensel, Computer Systems Librarian, addressed
the 9th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference October 25, 2000
on the topic of Products
and Services from the United States Institute of Peace Supporting International
Conflict Resolution. The Conference was hosted by the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO).
Updated: January 14 2004
United States Institute of Peace -- 1200 17th Street NW -- Washington, DC 20036
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