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Donation Agencies for the English speaking world
Asia Foundation / Books for Asia www.asiafoundation.org
80 Elmira Street, San Francisco,
CA 94124, U.S.A.
Phone: +1- 415-656-8990
or Fax: +1- 415- 468-8379
Contact: Gavin Tritt, Director
at gtritt@asiafound.org
or
booksforasia@asiafound.org
The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program donates new and high quality used books on all educational subjects and at all levels. Field offices of the Asia Foundation distribute the books to libraries, universities, schools and other institutions in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Please contact the nearest Asia Foundation office (often in capital cities of project countries) and ask for the Books for Asia Programme.
Books Abroad / Mennonite Mission Network
www.mennonitemission.net/Work/BooksAbroad/
Great Lakes office: 500
S. Main St, PO Box 370, Elkhart, IN 46515-0370, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-866-866-2872 or
Fax: +1- 574-294-8669
BooksAbroad@MennoniteMission.net
or
info@MennoniteMission.net
Every year Books Abroad sends two tons of books to more than 60 countries abroad and to emerging churches in North America. The books go for example to Indonesia, Kenya, Finland, Liberia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Philippines, Poland, India, Nazareth, Paraguay and Australia. All books are sorted and in good condition. Please contact the Mennonite Mission Network for more information.
Book Aid International (BAI) www.bookaid.org
39-41 Coldharbour Lane,
Camberwell, London SES 9NR, United Kingdom
Phone: +44-20-7733-3577or
Fax: +44-20-7978-8006 or e-mail: info@bookaid.org
Contact: Erica Lang (Head
of Programmes) for East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Middle East, North
Africa, Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan.
Diane Ward (Programme Manager)
for Southern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and
Asia: Mongolia, Nepal.
Yaso Kunaratnam (Programmes
& Projects Officer) for Horn of Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland
and the Carribean: Cuba, Guayana, Jamaica.
Currently shared responsability:
West/Central Africa: Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone.
Formerly known as the Ranfurly Library Service (RLS) of London, Book Aid International works since more than 50 years in partnership with organizations to provide book support for education and literacy programmes in developing countries, mainly in Africa. They send out new and used books in good condition that are not older than 15 years. The books are donated by publishers, schools, libraries, colleges and individuals and distributed by the partner organizations of each country. The organization also supports the local book market and local publishers. Assisting rural libraries and schools has priority. The U.S. counterpart is the Ranfurly Library Service of New York (see entry below).
Please write your request to Book Aid International with the following information: Objectives of your organization, full contact details, the sort of books being requested, how the books will be used and who will use them, where the books will be placed and whether there are any libraries or resource centres nearby. You can also contact your regional partner organization, which you can find at: www.bookaid.org/cms.cgi/site/partners/countries/
Books for Africa www.booksforafrica.org
253 East 4th Street, Saint
Paul, MN 555101, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-651-602-9844 or
Fax: +1-651-602-9848 or e-mail: bfa@booksforafrica.org
Contact: Patrick Plonski,
Executive Director at Patrick@booksforafrica.org
A non-profit organization seeking to share books with the English-speaking countries of East Africa. They are the largest shipper of donated textbooks to the African continent and have shipped over 12 million textbooks to 26 countries since 1988. Projects have involved Tanzania, Swaziland, Liberia and the Gambia as well. The organization only sends books in good condition as class sets. The majority of the books are hardcover textbooks, primary through college level.
Books for International Goodwill (B.I.G.)
www.big-books.org/
Parole Rotary Club, P.O.
Box 6327, Annapolis, MD 21401-0327, U.S.A.
Phone: +1- 410-293-6865
and Fax: +1- 410-293-6895
Contact: Steve Frantzich,
Professor at frantzic@usna.edu
or via www.usna.edu/PoliSci/faculty/frantzich/frantzich.htm
B.I.G. is a non-profit charitable organization providing gifts in kind in cooperation with the public and private sectors. They ship books from individuals, bookstores, schools or libraries to needy countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and other areas of the world. The books are sorted into three categories: college texts, high school and elementary texts and general reading for libraries. They try to make sure that all college texts are less than 10 years old and that high school and elementary texts are less than 15 years old. The books are sorted and stored by volunteers. Shipping can be paid by the Rotary Club or ship companies, but B.I.G. always looks for recipients who could pay for transportation. By combining donations from shipping companies, local Rotary funding, and Rotary International matching grants, over 1.3 million books have been shipped. Please contact B.I.G. or the nearest Rotary Club to apply for books.
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) www.brothersbrother.org
1200 Galveston Ave., Pittsburgh,
PA 15233, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-412-237-2333 or
Fax: +1-412-321-3325
Contact: Carol Taylor, International
Educational Program Coordinator at ctaylor@brothersbrother.org
The Borther's Brother Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization providing gifts in kind in cooperation with the public and private sectors. Working with volunteers in host countries, they have sent over 8,000,000 books to schools, universities and civic organizations since 1986. Brothers' Brother Foundation typically deals in very large quantities (a ton may be considered a small quantity). They provide medical supplies, textbooks, food and seeds to countries all over the world. Their Educational Program helps developing countries to build educational infrastructures by providing donated books and educational materials to Africa, South and Central America, East Europe and Asia. All donated books are screened to ensure that they are usable and relevant. Currently 15% of donations are used books and 85% are new books. Once a recipient is established, BBF makes available a book list for the recipient to select titles and quantities. On the website you will find an online application for receiving donations.
Canadian Organization for Development
through Education (CODE) www.codecan.org
321 Chapel Street, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1N 7Z2, Canada
Phone: +1- 613-232-3569
or Fax: +1- 613-232-7435
Contact: Sean Maddox, Director
of Development at codehq@codecan.org
CODE is a Canadian charitable organization that has been promoting education and literacy in the developing world since 1959. CODE builds the bridge of literacy by developing partnerships that provide resources for learning, promote awareness and understanding, and encourage self-reliance. CODE’s book donation programme is based on a long-term partnership arrangement with mostly non-governmental organizations in Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal and Tanzania. North American donated books are selected by local book committees from booklists that are made available to the partners by CODE’s affiliate organization, the International Book Bank (IBB), based in Baltimore, USA. The donation programme is supplemented by funding for the organizations that enables them to purchase books from local publishers or to publish books themselves for free distribution to the target audience. The different sources of books ensure that materials are relevant to the needs of the end users, the readers. CODE and partners also establish libraries, train teachers, librarians and other literacy agents to support quality education for children. Please ask CODE headquarters for the nearest local organization or have a look at their website at www.codecan.org/english/overseas.html.
On the website you can also download Book Donations for Development, a handbook written by Mauro Rosi of the Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise of the Cultural Sector of UNESCO and edited, designed and printed in Canada by CODE. This handbook builds on the work of UNESCO, CODE and the International Book Bank. It provides both policy and practical information for donors and recipients of book donation projects. It is intended as an educational and training tool. It sets book donations within the context of the book chain and the importance of enhancing the book industry in every UN member state, with special attention to those in the Developing World. You can access the full pdf text of the 80 page publication on CODE's website: www.codecan.org/english/donations.html
Darien Book Aid Plan dba.darien.org
1926 Post Road, Darien,
Connecticut 06820, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-203-655-2777 or
e-mail: BookAid@aol.com
Contact: Peace Corps Volunteers
shall contact Peggy Minnis at BookAid@aol.com
Others shall contact Eleanor
King at Grameek@aol.com
Darien Book Aid Plan has
books on different subjects that are less than 10 years old. They send
small boxes of books directly to libraries, schools and hospitals all over
the world. The organization does not accept magazines in general, but forwards
The National Geographic if it is less than 5 years old. Darien Book Aid
Plan does not work with partner organizations. Apart from libraries, they
also support local prisons with paperback books and give books to organizations
that hold fundraising book sales. Darien Book Aid Plan will send a postcard
informing you of the date of the transportation. They appreciate receiving
a thank you note with a picture of the library or institution.
Please write a letter to
apply for book donations with the following information:
What kinds of books are
needed? What does the library or institution look like? What is the reading
level of the audience?
Any other useful information
that helps choosing the right books is appreciated.
International Book Bank (IBB) www.internationalbookbank.org
2201 Eagle Street, Unit
D, P.O. Box 4460, Baltimore, Maryland 21223, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-410-362-0334 or
Fax: +1-410-362-0336 or e-mail: ibbusa@internationalbookbank.org
Contact: Bradley Vogt, Director
at b.vogt@internationalbookbank.org
International Book Bank is a non-profit organization which works closely together with CODE Canada. Books are transported by ship from Baltimore harbour. Its recently openend Baltimore location provides warehouse and computer facilities for its activities which include: networking, computerized annotatedlists of books available, which are sent to potential recipients, supply through client agencies, feedback via questionnaires and surveys, and institituion building. Although most of its programs are large in scale, if a request, either from an African library wishing to obtain books, or a U.S. scholar with books to donate, fits with a current program, the request can be accomodated. Otherwise they can handle requests on a service contract basis (with charges to recover costs) either supplying books or handling donated books.
International Book Project, Inc. www.intlbookproject.org/
Van Meter Building, 1440
Delaware Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40505, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-859-254-6771and
Fax: +1-859-253-2293 or e-mail: ibpdirector@alltel.net
Contact: Lynda Jeffries,
Executive Director
International Book Project sends books to libraries, schools, hospitals and universities to developing countries and parts of the U.S.A. since more than 36 years. Books can be new from publishers or used from individuals,schools and libraries. They cover all levels, children's books through graduate and professional books. The donor can either send the books on their own, or arrange shipment with the Project for a fee, currently $3.00 per pound of books sent. On the website you will find an application form for book donations: www.intlbookproject.org/printableform.htm
Operation Bookshelf
Scarsdale Women´s
Group, 37 Drake Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-914-723-0024
Contact: Edward H. Olivari
Operation Bookshelf is a small volunteer organization that ships used books and magazines to American Peace Corps Groups to the Philippines and Africa, where they are distributed directly to needy libraries and institutions. Different kinds of books are sent in boxes of 30 to 50 books. They fill requests on a first-come first-serve basis,subject to availability of materials. Please send a detailed list with your request to Operation Bookshelf.
Project Handclasp
c/o Commander, Naval Base,
San Diego, CA 92132, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-619- 532-1492
Contact: Commander M.C.
Tevelson
Project Handclasp uses empty cargo space on U.S. Navy ships to transport books and other humanitarian items to poor countries with Navy ports. Donations are not pre-selected and recipients are chosen by the Defence Attachés at U.S. Embassies. Please contact your local U.S. Embassy to find out if they participatein Project Handclasp and ask to be put on the recipients list.
Sabre Foundation, Inc. http://www.sabre.org/books/books.html
872 Massachusetts Avenue,
Suite 2-1, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-617-868-3510 and
Fax: +1-617-868-7916
Contact: Colin McCullough
at colin@sabre.org
Sabre Foundation, Inc., founded in 1969, works to build free institutions and to examine the ideals that sustain them. Its largest current project makes millions of dollars' worth of donated books available to needy individuals in developing and transitional societies worldwide through non-governmental partner organizations, libraries, universities, schools, hospitals and clinics, research institutions and other similar organizations. They specialize in providing college, secondary and elementary level educational materials to institutions and individuals. Since 1986, Sabre has donated four million new books, journals, videocassettes and CD-ROMs to more than 60 countries worldwide. Sabre also administers a program for purchase of books and journal subscriptions at reduced cost and places private libraries and special collections with institutions abroad. Sabre asks the recipients to preselect the books they need. Local partner organizations distribute the materials in the following countries: Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ghana, Grenada, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Please contact the local partner organization of the Sabre Foundation. You can ask the Sabre Foundation directly for local contact information or find the information on their website.
SLA/New York Chapter/Global Outreach
Committee www.sla.org/chapter/cny
Jennifer Kellerman, Corporate
Reference Librarian, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285
Avenue of the Americas, 27th floor, New York, NY 10019- 6064, U.S.A.
Phone: +1- 212- 373- 2457
and Fax: +1- 212- 373- 2268 or e-mail: jkellerman@paulweiss.com
Contact: Lilleth Newby,
Phone: +1- 212-447-2981, e-mail: lnewby@health.nyc.gov
or
lillethcnewby@cs.com
Lois Weinstein, Phone: +1-
631-839-7007 or e-mail: loisweinstein@hotmail.com
The New York Chapter of the
SLA (The Special Libraries Association) has a committee called Global Outreach
Committee that supports libraries in poor countries by donating vouchers
for Brodart, a library supplies company in the U.S.A. Please note that
the voucher does not include library equipment such as radios, computers,
phones or fax machines.
Please contact the New York
Chapter or fill in the online application form to apply for a voucher:
www.sla.org/chapter/cny/What’s
New?/Outreach Raffle
UNI-Book (Universal Book Effort)
5620 Williams Lake Road,
Deming, WA 98244, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-360- 592- 2382
and Fax: +1-360- 592- 9042
Contact: Rick Gates and
Sandi Madison, Directors at gates@az.com
UNI-Book is a non-profit corporation that donates used text books from public schools, universities, libraries and publishers. The organization is active in Africa, India and the former Soviet Union, but accepts request for English language books from all over the world. Please write a letter to UNI-Book with a description of your library, school or institution and information about the reading level and subject areas that are needed. UNI-Book appreciates a thank you letter with a photo of the library.
The World Bank Family Network (WBFN)
/ Book Project
Room JB3-105, 1818 "H" St.,
NW, Room JB3-105, Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.
Phone: +1- 202- 473- 8960
and Fax: +1- 202- 522- 0301
Contact: Josephine Barry
at bookprojectwbfn@worldbank.org
The Book Project receives, packs, and distributes donated books to educational institutions in rural and disadvantaged areas of developing countries. Books are donated to all school levels, libraries and community groups concerned with education. When enough book request forms are received from these institutions to justify sending a container of books to a country, WBVS finds a recipient organisation to clear the books through customs, notify the other organisations that the books have arrived and distribute them to the other recipients. The distributor can either be spouses/staff of World Bank Missions, the Peace Corps in countries where volunteers are working with libraries and schools, ministries, or local or international NGO's. WBVS Book Project sends four container loads of 480 boxes of books per year to developing countries around the world (shipping is paid to the nearest point of entry). Write to them for a book request form (do not contact the local office of the World Bank). Development workers or librarians visiting Washington D.C. can select books from their warehouse to take to libraries overseas. Due to the long waiting list of countries wanting shipments, it usually takes at least two years for WBVS to collect enough requests from one country, find a reliable distributor, pack the shipment and send it overseas.
The World Library Partnership (WLP)
3101 Guess Rd, Suite D,
Durham, NC 277705, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-919-479-0163 and
Fax: +1-919-479-8464
Contact: Laura Wendell,
Executive Director
The World Library Partnerships`
mission is to empower communities while supporting libraries in developing
countries. In their Book Certificate Program, the WLP provides libraries
with the opportunity to select and purchase new materials. This program
is an innovative alternative to traditional book donations as it supports
local and indigenous book sellers and publishers by purchasing locally
produced materials for libraries. WLP´s Online Library Resource Database
supplies communities around the globe with information about sources for
books, training resources, funding and programmes that are serving libraries
in developing countries.
They also connect libraries
in developing countries with partner libraries in the United States. Through
cultural exchange projects those library partnerships bring communities
together. Through fundraising they provide some of the world's most impoverished
libraries with desperately needed funds for books and supplies. Please
see the partnership guidelines for more information about how the program
works. To find out if your library is eligible, request an application
or find out more about existing partnerships and partnership opportunities
Bridges.org www.bridges.org
South Africa:
PO Box 715, Cape Town 8000,
South Africa
Phone: +27-21-465 9313 and
Fax: +27-21-465 5917
United States:
1887 Newton Street NW, Washington
DC 20010, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-512-320-9279 and
Fax: +1-202-318 7792
Contact: Philipp Schmidt,
Programme and Technology Manager at info@bridges.org
Bridges.org is a non-profit
organization that promotes the effective use of ICT in the developing world
to reduce poverty and improve people's lives. The online guide to free
IT helps NGOs and small businesses to find donated computers, information
about free software and email accounts. You will also find useful links
to organizations that help you to set up and use the computer, links to
organizations with volunteers that can help you via Internet, computer
training materials and more. The organization distributes a CD ROM of the
Free IT Guide to those who don´t have access to the internet. If
you are interested in the guide, please write to:
freeit@
bridges.org or download it at: www.bridges.org/toolkit/guide_to_free_it.html
Computer Aid Internationalwww.computer-aid.org
433 Holloway Road, London
N7 6LJ, U.K.
Phone: +44-(0)20-7281-0091
or e-mail: info@computeraid.org
Contact: Tony Roberts, Executive
Director at tony@computeraid.org
Computer Aid International is the world´s largest non-profit supplier of refurbished computers to schools and community organizations in developing countries. They test, refurbish, pack and ship donated Pentium computers from the U.K. for re-use in the non-profit sector overseas. They support libraries as long as they meet their criteria.
Techknowledgy (TKY) www.tky.org.uk
Technology for Developing
Countries, Glensheil, Trevella Road, Bude, EX23 8NA, U.K.
Phone: +44-12-8836-1199
or e-mail: info@tky.org.uk
Techknowledgy is a charity dedicated to working with people in the developing countries of Africa, helping them to benefit from modern technology and the knowledge to use it effectively. They support sustainable education programmes through the provision of computer equipment, teaching, access to the Internet and anything that helps with education and improving life in developing countries.
World Computer Exchange (WCE) www.worldcomputerexchange.org
936 Nantasket Avenue, Hull,
Massachusetts 02045, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-781-925-3078 or
e-mail: info@WorldComputerExchange.org
Contact: Timothy Anderson,
President at
TAnderson@WorldComputerExchange.org
World Computer Exchange is
North America's largest non-profit supplier of tested used computers to
schools and community organizations in developing countries. WCE provides
tested working Pentium and Power Mac computers to help connect more youth
to the Internet as well as sister-schools and volunteer support in technology,
content development, and telecentre management. They work with libraries
if most of the computers are used most of the time by youth.
CDS/ISIS Database Software www.unesco.org/isis
Micro CDS/ISIS is an advanced
non-numerical information storage and retrieval software developed by UNESCO
since 1985 to satisfy the need expressed by many institutions, especially
in developing countries, to be able to streamline their information processing
activities by using modern (and relatively inexpensive) technologies. The
software was originally based on the Mainframe version of CDS/ISIS, started
in the late '60s, thus taking advantage of several years of experience
acquired in database management software development. Several partners
contributed to its development through the years.
Individuals and Institutions
can download free Winisis database software from the UNESCO website. After
registering on the website, you will get a reply with the instructions
for downloading and installing the software.
For individual Winisis English
requests:
www.unesco.org/isis/individual_request.html
For institutional Winisis
English requests: www.unesco.org/isis/institution_request.html
For individual Winisis Arabic
requests: www.unesco.org/webworld/portal/cds-isis/individual_request_ar.htm
For institutional Winisis
Arabic requests: www.unesco.org/webworld/portal/cds-isis/institution_request_ar.htm
KOHA Open Source Library Software www.koha.org
Horowhenua Library Trust,
10 Bath St, Levin, New Zealand
Phone: +64-6-368 1953
Contact: Rosalie Blake,
Head of Libraries
The Koha software is a full
catalogue, OPAC, circulation, member management and acquisitions package.
Please check www.koha.org/installation/manual/book1.html
to find a manual on how to install the software or check
www.koha.org/installation/support.html
to find out who can help you with the installation.
OPENISIS www.openisis.org
OpenISIS / sferix
Schlesische Str. 26, 10997
Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49-30-726265261
The OpenISIS society was
founded to further the development and dissemination of open source information
systems. OpenISIS supports libraries, archives and other public organizations
like social movements to manage and retrieve information in a high quality
way according to bibliographical principles. ISIS (Integrated Set of Information
Systems) is an open software for databases for the documentation of text
orientated data. The system is used especially by libraries and documentation
centres. You will find a free download of ISIS on the website.
British Council / BC Information Group
www.britishcouncil.org/
London (Regional Network),
Ten Spring Gardens, SW1A 2BN, London, U.K.
Phone: +44-161-957-7755
or Fax: +44-161-957-7762
E-mail: general.enquiries@british
council.org
The British Council is Britain’s principal agency for cultural relations abroad. It´s main activities include assisting people to study, train, or make professional contacts in Britain. The British Councial teaches and promotes the English language, provides library and information services and much more in the educational sector. The British Council supplies books to British Overseas Development Administration (ODA) and funds projects in a number of countries. The Organization has offices in 110 different countries. Please take a look at their website to locate your local British Council office.
DANIDA – Development Agency of the Danish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.um.dk/en
2, Asiatisk Plads, 1448
Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phone: +45-33-920000 or
Fax: 45-31-540533 or e-mail: um@um.dk
Contact: Anja Moeller Rasmussen,
Chief Librarian at anjras@um.dk
DANIDA supports library and information services to the public as well as book donation programmes and technical and scientific information. DANIDA´s educational programmes and projects include the support to libraries. They work together with NGO´s, governmental organizations, UNESCO and the UN. Please send your request directly to DANIDA or contact the local Danish embassy.
Ford Foundation www.fordfound.org
Headquarters, 320 East 43rd
Street, New York, NY10017, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-212-573-5000 and
Fax: +1-212-351-3677
E-mail for Grant Enquiries:
office-secretary@fordfound.org
West Africa
Ford Foundation, P.O. Box
2368, Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: 234-1-3200-983 or
234-1-773-8926 or Fax: 234-1-262-3973 or e-mail: ford-lagos@fordfound.org
Eastern Africa
Ford Foundation P.O. Box
41081, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Phone: 254-20-2710444 or Fax: 254-20-2712203
E-mail: ford-nairobi@fordfound.org
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Ford Foundation, 55 Lodi
Estate, New Delhi -- 110 003, India
Phone: 91-11-2461-9441 or
Fax: 91-11-2462-7147 or e-mail: ford-delhi@fordfound.org
Mexico, Central America
Ford Foundation, Emilio
Castelar 131, Col. Polanco, Apartado 105-71, 11560 México, D.F.,
México
Phone: +52-55-9138-0270
or Fax: +52-55-9138-0279 or e-mail: ford-mexico@fordfound.org
The Ford Foundation has
also offices in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, China,
Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, Brazil, South America and Russia.
The Ford Foundations mission is to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The Ford Foundation is an independent organization with its own board. If you want to receive a grant, please write a letter to the Ford Foundation with your enquiry and the Ford Foundation will tell you if their present interests and funds permit consideration of your request. Please have a look on the guidelines for requests: www.fordfound.org/about/guideline.cfm. The Ford Foundation focuses their grants on fields within Asset Building and Community Development, Peace and Social Justice and Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom.
International Association of School
Librarianship (IASL) www.iasl-slo.org/
PMB 292, 1903 W. 8th Street,
Erie, PA 16505, USA
IASL Secretariat: PO Box
587, Carlton North, Australia 3054, Fax: +61-39428-7612 or e-mail: iasl@netspace.com.au
Contact: Dr. Penny Moore,
IASL Secretariat
The IASL has funds for school libraries in developing countries to purchase school books. The mission of the International Association of School Librarianship is to provide an international forum for those people interested in promoting effective school library media programmes as viable instruments in the educational process. IASL also provides guidance and advice for the development of school library programmes and the school library profession. IASL works in cooperation with other professional associations and agencies. Applicants must guarantee shelves, space, personnel and service, and verify this through a letter or other documentation from the school principal or designated supervisor. Applications may be in print or electronic form with all needed information about contact person, email address etc. Deadline for applications is March 1 of each year.
International Development Exchange (IDEX)
www.idex.org
827 Valencia Street, Suite
101, San Francisco, CA 94110-1736, USA
Phone: +1-415-824-8384 or
Fax: +1-415-824-8387 or e-mail: info@idex.org
Contact: Denise Esteves
at denise@indes.org
IDEX build partnerships to overcome economic and social injustice. They work towards people´s greater control of their resources, political structures, and economic processes that effect their lives. They want to help overseas communities gain greater access to information and to inform and educate. IDEX establishes educational partnerships between schools, community groups, and individuals in the USA with sponsored communities in partner countries. They support small scale, community-based development efforts, including libraries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The organization works in Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, India, Guatemala and Mexico. Please contact IDEX to ask for their application criteria.
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation
Network www.soros.org
400 West 59th Street, New
York, NY 10019, USA
Phone +1-212-548-0600 or
Fax+1-212-548-4600
Soros Foundations are autonomous institutions established in particular countries or regions to initiate and support open society activities by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, human and women’s rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform. The organization mainly supports countries in Eastern and Central Europe, Asia and the former Soviet Union. You will find an application form for grants on the website of the organization at www.soros.org/grants
The Directory of Social Change (DSC)
www.dsc.org.uk
24 Stephenson Way, London
NW1 2DP, U.K.
Phone: +44-020-7391-4800
or Fax: +44-020-7391-4808 or e-mail: info@dsc.org.uk
The DSC helps community and voluntary organizations by giving advise on how to raise money, how to manage resources to a maximum effect, how to influence the right people and more. Therefore they supply handbooks, reference guides, CD-ROMs and electronic information. They also provide training resources and try to encourage voluntary groups to network and share information. The Directory of Social Change does not provide funds or grants but gives you advice in this field.
SIDA - Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency www.sida.se
Sveavägen 20, 105 25
Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-698-5000 or
Fax: +46-8-20-8864 or e-mail: sida@sida.se
SIDA gives support to strengthen national, school, rural and public libraries, acquisition of books and training programmes within the library sector. You should explain and present your project detailed and adequate and make sure that it fits into the goals of SIDA development aid. Their first goal is to raise the standard of living of the worlds poor and support democratisation and sustainable development.
UNESCO – United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization www.unesco.org
1 Rue Miollis, 75732 Paris
Cedex 15, France
Phone: +33-1-45684496 or
Fax: +33-1-44490058
Contact: Mr. Abid at
A.Abid@unesco.org
UNESCO only funds projects that are government supported. Beside the support of libraries, UNESCO focuses on women’s issues and activities promoting literacy and cultural development. Requests have to be submitted by the end of the year through the UNESCO National Commission in the country concerned can be submitted by NGO´s to the Paris secretariat. It is advised to contact IFLA to help you with your requests. You can also apply for the free software packages of CDS/ISIS and IDAMS which can be used in the documentation sector.
World Bank www.worldbank.org
1818 H Street N.W., Washington
D.C., 20433, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-202-473-1000 or
Fax: +1-202-477-6391 or e-mail: info@worldbank.org
or infodev@worldbank.org
The World Bank helps governments
in developing countries to reduce poverty by providing them with money
and technical expertise that they need for a wide range of projects - such
as building schools, roads or water wells - and reform of government services.
The past few years have seen marked progress towards achieving Education
for All, an international effort to provide every boy and girl in the developing
world with a good-quality, free and compulsory primary school education.
The Information for Development Program of the World Bank helps developing
countries and their international partners use information and communication
broadly and effectively as tools of poverty reduction and sustainable economic
growth.
Please contact the World
Bank for guidelines before you apply for grants.
While there are no specific how-to-do manuals for adult education centres available online, we have listed several sources that can be useful to NGOs planning to run their own resource or documentation center. This section includes also links to training materials and courses in library and information technology.
Ceritificate in Resource Centres for Learning and Change, Coady International Institute (ALADIN Member) www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/ie_index.html
The website of the Marie Michael Library brings you to the comprehensive site of the Certificate with information, materials and tools related to the management of NGO-based resource centers. It includes an extensive collection of links on action planning, collection building, cataloging and classification, database management systems, introduction to HTML and website creation, records management, networks, search tools and Internet use. Also contains reference links to general development websites, indigenous knowledge sites, electronic resource centers, and subject specific sites.
For Starters…Guidelines on Library Management, UN Library Network www.un.org/Depts/dhl/sflib/libmgnt/starters/starters.htm
A manual on the management of UN document collections. Maintained by the UN Small and Field Libraries Network includes descriptions of the UN documentation, indexes to it, and guidelines and procedures on classification, organizing of publications and documents, retention, loans etc. There are also sections with suggestions on answering to reference queries, and sections dealing with documentation in other forms (CDs, films, radio programmes, photographs).
Heathlink Worldwide Resource Center Manual: How to set up and manage a Resource Center. www.healthlink.org.uk/pubs/rc-man-text.html
Contains practical information on setting up and managing a resource center, from planning, fundraising and finding a suitable location, to collecting and organising materials, developing information services, and monitoring and evaluating the work of the resource center. It focuses on manual systems for organizing information, but also explains how computers can be used in resource centers, including e-mail, Internet and databases. It describes how to select database software and contains a detailed review of three leading database programs. It includes a list of organisations and publications that can provide further information.
HURIDOC Manuals
A series of practical manuals on collecting and organizing documentation on human rights produced by HURIDOC www.huridocs.org/. Of particular interest is What is Documentation at: www.huridocs.org/basdocen.htm It deals with the following issues: what is documentation, what is a document, why document, seeking information, producing documents, acquiring documents, organizing documents and providing user services. In English, French and Russian and available in HTML and PDF formats.
Libraries for All: How to Start and Run a Small
Library www.unesco.org/webworld/highlights/library_run_020299.html
Wendell, Laura: Libraries
for All : How to Start and Run a Small Library - Paris: UNESCO: General
Information Programme and UNISIST, 1998. – 108 p.
Libraries for All: How to Start and Run a Small Library is a manual and resource guide designed for people with little or no training in librarianship and contains practical, step-by-step instructions for creating and managing a successful library. It was written by Laura Wendell, the founder of the World Library Partnership, with funding from UNESCO. It was reviewed and field tested by a panel of international librarians and development workers. This essential tool for small libraries worldwide is available in English, French and Spanish in HTML and PDF formats.
Contact for a copy:
The World Library Partnership,
3101 Guess Rd, Suite D, Durham, NC 27705, U.S.A.
Tel: (919)-479-0163 or Fax:
(919)-479-8464
Recording and Using Indigenous Knowledge. A Manual. www.panasia.org.sg/iirr/ikmanual/intro.htm
Developed by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in the Philippines, the manual provides practical information on how to record, develop, collect, organize and use Indigenous Knowledge resources.
Resource Centre Manual : How to set
up and manage a resource centre www.healthlink.org.uk/PDFs/resource-centre-manual.pdf
Resource Centre Manual :
How to set up and manage a resource centre. – London : Healthlink Worldwide,
2003. – 266p.
This manual contains practical information on all aspects of setting up and managing a resource centre, from planning, fundraising and finding a suitable location, to collecting and organising materials, developing information services, managing databases and websites, and monitoring and evaluating the work of the resource centre.
Contact for a copy:
Healthlink Worldwide, 56-64
Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, UK
Tel: +44-20-7549-0240 or
Fax: +44-20-7549-0241 or e-mail: info@healthlink.org.uk
Rural Community Resource Centres : A
Guide for Developing Countries
Giggey, S.: Rural Community
Resource Centres : A Guide for Developing Countries. – London : MacMillan
Education Ltd., 1998. – 117p.
A training guide which provides advice and information on all aspects of how to operate rural learning rescorce centres – from how to set one up through daily running to staffing, fund-raising and the effective use of resources. This manual is easy to read and less technical than some other manuals.
Setting up and running a school library
Nicola Baird, 138pp, over
50 illustrations, London, VSO Books/Heinemann £5.50 excl. p&p
Setting up and Running a School Library gives step-by-step advice and makes establishing and running a library easy and fun. It is a lively and very practical guide especially written for non-librarians - and because it is based on VSO volunteers' and their colleagues' work, it takes into account the reality of working with very few resources. The book covers all aspects of setting up and running a library, including:
VSO, 317 Putney Bridge Road,
London SW15 2PN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20-8780 7200
or e-mail: infoservices@vso.org.uk
Sharing Knowledge for Community Development and Transformation www.oxfam.qc.ca/html_en/publications_en/sharing_knoledge.html (full text)
Mchombu, Kingo J.: Sharing Knowledge for Community Development and Transformation. 2nd ed. – Ottawa: Oxfam Canada, 2004. – 104 p.
This handbook is designed for men and women who don´t have any information management skills. It is for those who don´t have experiences in library work, for people who want to learn about information, knowledge and development. You will learn how to identify, collect and provide access to the information that assists and supports community transformation. The handbook is the product of training and discussion, of questions and answers, shared by those working in development. It is also a statement of confidence in and support for rural people. But it not only tries to provide some ideas on “how to do it”. It first discusses some theories and ideas in a language aimed at ordinary people.
Contact for a copy:
Oxfam Canada, 880 Wellington
Street Suite 400, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6K7, Canada
Tel: (613) 237-5236 or Fax:
(613) 237 0524 or e-mail: info@oxfam.ca
Streams of Knowledge www.irc.nl/stream/booklet.html
Focuses on "theoretical" aspects of resource centers, their role, function and characteristics of an efficient community-based resource centre. Discusses RC functions such as capacity building, training, information management, advisory work, and other. Developed by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) for water sanitation education, its approach can be applied by NGOs active in other areas.
A Training Package for Rural Public Libraries
The training package for rural public libraries has modules that are are intended for a 12 days´ training programme in rural public library management. The book assists library management trainers who participated in a special workshop before. It is not for beginners without any experience.
A training package for rural
public libraries / by The Department of Non Formal Education, Ministry
of Education Bangkok, Thailand. – Uppsala : Uppsala University Library,
1997
(International Federation
of Library Associations and Institutions / Advancement of Librarianship
in the Third World Project Project report no 11). - 35 p.
Contact for a copy:
IFLA/ALP, Uppsala University
Library, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1, Box 510, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46-(0)18-471-3990
or Fax: +46-(0)18-471-3994 or e-mail: ifla.alp@ub.uu.se
Training Tools. International Labour Office (ILO) Library (ALADIN Member) www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/guides/index.htm
A collection of tools, guides, manuals and other resources for labour information centers and libraries on various aspects of library and information services operations and organization.
Where there is no Librarian: An Information
Management Manual
Maya, E. W. and Macharia,
D.: Where there is no Librarian : an Information Management Manual. – Nairobi
: Environmental Liaison Centre International, 1992. – 92p.
Information management manual that describes in detail everything from how to classify and catalogue materials and store them properly to how to write project proposals to get the funding to do it.
Contact for a copy:
Environmental Liaison Centre
International, PO Box 72461, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-576114/576779
or Fax: +254-2-576125 or e-mail: herineo@elci.org
or
Falls Brook Centre, 125 South
Knowlesville Road, Knowlesville, New Brunswick E7L 1B1, Canada
Tel: 506-375-8143 or 375-4310
or Fax: 506-375-4221 or e-mail: ja@fallsbrookcentre.ca
How to develop Internet and other Information Technology Skills
African Connection – Center for Strategic
Planning: A rural ICT Toolkit for Africa and the next step
www.infodev.org/
E-mail: Yburtin@worldbank.org
Contact: Yann Burtin, Operations
Officer, CITPO
The Rural ICT Toolkit is addressed mainly to African policymakers and regulators and other interested parties who wish to develop rural ICT programs and projects in their countries. It is also aimed at those wanting to foster regional harmonization, allowing for cross-border initiatives that can increase economies of scale and thus the attractiveness of the rural ICT market to private investors and players. This toolkit was produced under the overall African Connections Initiative of infoDev that supports consensus building activities and an action plan for improving telecommunications in rural areas. To download a free Pdf file, please go to InfoDev Publications.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Offered by the UC Berkeley, offers step by step instruction in searching the Internet.
The ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
for Library and Information Professionals (ICTLIP): Training Package for
Developing Countries
portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2525&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Intended to provide the knowledge and skills required to deal with the application of ICT to library and information services, this package includes modules on integrated automated library systems, information searching in an electronic environment, database design, information storage and retrieval, the Internet as information resource, and web page concepts and design.
ITrain www.bellanet.org/itrain
The site offers access to free and easy to download courses in basic Internet skills. Includes modules on basic computer skills, how to use e-mail, establish and facilitate listserves, research Internet resources, use various search engines etc.
UNESCO: How to get started and keep
going: a guide to Community Multimedia Centres / CMC Handbook www.unesco.org/webworld/cmc
1, rue Miollis, 75352 Paris
Cedey 15, France
Contact: Stella Hughes at
shughes@unesco.org
The CMC Handbook is a result of suggestions from communities in rural and urban areas, NGOs working for community empowerment and communication planners supporting development activities. The Handbook will be a useful guide if you are already operating a community multimedia centre, providing communication services or considering starting a communication centre.
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Please contact the ALADIN
Co-ordinator Lisa Krolak at l.krolak@unesco.org
for changes or additions.
Last Update: July 28, 2005.