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TheCOLUMBUS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
at THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
A CORNERSTONE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN
SYSTEM
By Beverly Wharton-Lake Acting Director
of the Columbus Memorial Library
Columbus Memorial Columbus Memorial LibraryLibrary
PurposeResponsibilities
CollectionsHistoryFuture
Patrons of the Columbus Memorial Library
include...OAS Secretariat
Permanent MissionsPermanent Observer Missions
Researchers from the General Public World Wide
Embassies
The OAS and the Inter-American
System
Documenting the History, Preserving the Archives
Traditional Library
Documents Program
Archives
Records Management
Depository Libraries
OAS Documents sent
to 133 libraries in
this hemisphere and
world wide
Publications Program Indexes
Bibliographies
Former Responsibilities of Columbus Memorial
Library
Official Historical Research
Library and Archives Development Program throughout Hemisphere
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
(SALALM)
Ambassador Carlos Martinez Silva from Colombia
“…the memorial to be erected ought to be something at once useful and made up of elements, to which each government might contribute independently, (and) it occurred to me that the only plan which would satisfy all these requirements was the establishment in Washington of a memorial Library, to which each government could send, on its own account, the most complete collection possible of historical, literary and geographical works, laws, official reports, maps, etc., so that the results of intellectual and scientific labor in all America might be collected together under a single roof… That would be a monument more lasting and noble than any in bronze or marble.”
Columbus Memorial Library Reading Room,
1910
Pan American Union
50th Anniversary of Name Change to OAS
1948-1998
Alliance for Progress
The General Collection
Latin America
Caribbean
Spain
France
Portugal
North America
LAW
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ART & MUSIC
TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
WOMEN’S ISSUES
HUMAN RIGHTS
DEMOCRACY
DRUG TRAFFICKING
OAS Documents Collection
Documents of the Inter-American Specialized
Organizations Collection
&
The Archives
Official Gazette Collection
United Nations Collection
League of Nations Collection
and
Rare Book Collection
Maps and Atlas Collection
Photograph Collection
Leo Stanton Rowe Manuscript CollectionPersonal and
official papers of
Dr. Leo S. Rowe
Director of the
Pan American Union
1920-1946
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Increase in Reference
Requests in CML
Connect online to the
Columbus Memorial Library
http://www.oas.org/columbus
1889 - 2002
Celebrating the
Columbus Memorial Library’s 113th Anniversary
Future ChallengesAutomation
Preservation
Columbus Memorial Library
Corner-stone of the
Inter-American System