Websites/Listservs
The World Library Partnership, Inc. Library Resource Database.
This site lists distributors of donated books and other directories of book donation programs.
REFEX
Electronic listserv to facilitate the exchange of reference materials used in libraries and information centers.
To subscribe to REFEX, send an email message to:
listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
Leave subject line blank. In the text of the message, say:
subscribe refex your-first-name your-last-name
To offer discarded reference books or enquire about availability, send message to:
Refex@listserv.arizona.edu
(USBE)
usbe@usbe.com
Phone: 216/241-6960
Fax: 216/241-6966
Organizations
AmEmbassy Dhaka - USIS
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-6120
Accepts book donations to various institutions in Bangladesh.
Books for Africa
5233 Silver Maple Circle
Minneapolis, MN 55343
Phone: 612/939-9889
Fax: 612/933-6966
Sends books to various countries in Africa; books should be new or barely used; textbooks should be no more than eight years old; atlases no more than five years old; encyclopedias should be the most recent edition. National Geographic and other educational magazines are also accepted. People interested in donating materials should first contact BFA to see if the books/journals are acceptable.
Melissa A. Frakes, Office Supervisor
451 Sixth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415/982-4640
Fax: 415/543-8131
tafbfa@igc.org
Division of The Asia Foundation, 501(c)(3) non-profit established in 1954. Ships over 500,000 books per year to various Asian nations. Accepts donations of books provided they are in excellent condition and not more than eight yeras old. Donors of used books must ship to our San Francisco warehouse at their expense. Publishers interested in donating new books should contact Matthew G. King, Director of Books for Asia.
Bridge to Asia
Correspondence only:
Bridge to Asia
665 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: (415) 678-2990
Fax: (415) 678-2996
Shipping address (Western U.S.):
Bridge to Asia
Foreign Trade Services
Pier 23
San Francisco, 94111
Shipping address (Eastern U.S.):
Bridge to Asia
c/o Follett Campus Resources
2211 West Street
River Grove, IL 60171-1800
The largest such program in China where it sends 500,000 books per year to more than 500 universities, also serving Southeast Asia, Bridge seeks donations of used and new academic and scholarly books, journals, databases and other materials in all fields of arts and sciences. Thanks to the generosity of its donors, over the past five years the program has provided more than half of all foreign language materials acquired by Chinese universities overall. Bridge is a 510(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed in 1987, and donations of books and funds are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Darien Book Aid Plan, Inc.
Peggy Minnis
1926 Post Road
Darien, CT 06820
Phone: 203/655-2777
Fax: 203/866-4070
BookAid@aol.com
Mail books to institutions and libraries around the world; deals with Peace Corps volunteers.
The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. (Project Hope)
Scott Crawford, Director of Gift-in-Kind and Humanitarian Assistance
Carter Hall/Route 255
Millwood, VA 22646
Phone: 540-837-2100
Fax: 540-837-1813
Sends primarily medical and nursing texts; also some basic science, chemistry, physics, biology, and computer-related texts and business books; area of distribution is worldwide.Sabre Foundation, Inc.
872 Massachusetts Avenue., Suite 2-1
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617/868-3510
Fax: 617/868-7916
Sends college- and professional-level educational materials to 15 countries in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former USSR.
World Bank Volunteer Services Book Project
1818 H St., NW
Room NB1-105
Washington, DC 20433
Phone: 202/473-8960
Fax: 202/676-0419
wproject@worldbank.org
Accepts books in good condition; school textbooks, vocational and professional texts, general reading and library books; sent to developing countries around the world.
World Vision
34834 Weyerhauser Way South
Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
Phone: 206/815-2267
Sends books to educational programs, schools, and institutions in Africa and Latin America. People interested in donating materials should call World Vision first to see if the books are acceptable.
Book sales articles
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