A Closer Look at UN Publications: Global Partnerships and Reach

The Authority File

In the final episode of this four-part series, Antje Kristin Watermann, Associate Marketing Officer at UN Publications, discusses the publisher’s global partnerships and reach. She provides an overview of the implementation and impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how the SDG Publishers Compact encourages publishers, booksellers, and librarians to disseminate research and books related to the SDGs and to make publishing practices more sustainable. She also describes how the SDGs affect instruction and research in higher education, detailing UN Publications’s work at academic conferences, the tagging of UN research related to the SDGs, and the applications of UN platforms like iLibrary at universities. Highlighting projects like the SDG Book Club, Antje chats about how the publisher aims to encourage thinking about sustainability for all ages around the globe. Last, she shares how libraries can support this work by hosting events, curating SDG-related content, and joining the SDG Publishers Compact.

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