Presentation
SICL Library
A library with an international presence, offering :
- a personalized welcome (Welcome Center)
- a team of specialist librarians who are able to work in a multitude of languages and are ready to provide you with research assistance
- collections of legal works from countries all around the globe
- a research tool offering allowing you to discover our paper resources and online catalogue
- modern technical equipment
- the possibility of reserving a work space and to work outside of opening hours
- pleasant natural surroundings, close to Lake Geneva and the Alps
Accessible to : anyone wishing to carry out research in foreign or international law.
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A Library with a national presence, managing all of the law libraries of the Swiss Confederation :
- Member of the Swiss Law Libraries
- since 2010, the management of the Federal Office of Justice’s library collection in Bern has been taken over by SICL
- Member of the Swiss Library Service Plateform Swisscovery
Contact
Reception Desk : +41 21 692 49 11
Welcome Center : +41 21 692 49 05
Reference service and Interlibrary loan : reference@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
Library opening hours : Monday to Friday 8:00 - 19:00 / Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Reference service : Monday to Friday 09:00 - 12:00 / 14:00 - 17:00