UNLINKS (UN Library and Information Network for Knowledge Sharing) is the UN system libraries’ annual forum to share know-how and best practices. KSIM's profile shifted from an informal meeting of UN librarians into a community of practice. An increasing number of UN system librarians participate in the meeting to form partnerships, voice issues relevant to the profession and obtain first-hand information on challenges facing UN libraries today. At the 2010 meeting in New York, KSIM members decided to change its name from KSIM to UN-LINKS, but still working with the same mandate.
Fields of cooperation:
- Share know-how, experience and competencies
- Digitization (hardware and software, workflow, work programmes
- Digital preservation
- Evaluation of e-resources tools
- Knowledge sharing
- Reinforce our mutual cooperation to buy e-resources
- Commercial agreements (UNSEIAC)
- Intellectual property rights
- Licensing
- Create a common set of frameworks to evaluate services
- Impact and performance measures
- Statistical framework
- Develop access for everybody to e-resources produced by each institution
- Exchange our training programmes (both for staff and users) and, if necessary, develop some common programmes
- Plan our services strategically and complementary
