Donating Books and Journals to Other Countries
We try to include only active programs in this list. If you discover that an agency has ceased activity, please let us know so that we can update the listing. E-mail sarlic@wustl.edu.
Guidelines
- Contact the specific institution in advance to make sure it is still accepting materials and that its needs are met.
- Sending inappropriate materials can be more harmful than sending none. Discard inappropriate materials before sending.
Organization |
Materials Wanted |
| Adventist Development and Relief Agency Books Mr. James P. Lanning, Director of Acquisitions 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Springs, MD 20904 301-680-6368 Fax: 301-680-6370 |
Items not more than 5 years old. |
| American Assistance for Cambodia Attn: Gale Cogan PO Box 782 88 Parkhurst Dr. Westford, MA 01886 978-692-5443 gcogan@massmed.org |
Need English language medical and nursing text books published in the last 5 years. |
| The Asia Foundation / Books for Asia Gavin Tritt, Director 2490 Verna Court San Leandro, CA 94577 510-667-6475 Fax: 510-351-2602 booksforasia@asiafound.org |
Medical books in basic science and clinical medicine published in the last 5 yrs. Also accepts other subjects. |
| Books for Africa (BFA) Attn: Robert Kowalczak Executive Director 253 East 4th Street, Suite 200 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-602-9844 Fax: 651-602-9848 info@booksforafrica.org |
Medical books published in the last 8 years. Accepts books and magazines in many other subjects. |
| California-Indonesia Education Foundation Attn: Dr. Irving Pearson 2650 Ryan Road Concord, CA 94518 510-682-5563 Fax: 510-682-5538 |
Medical books and journals publlished in the last 5-10 yrs. Also other subjects. |
| Darien Book Aid Plan 1926 Post Road Darien CT 06820 203-655-2777 BookAid@aol.com |
Medical books published in 10 yrs. |
| International Book Project Attn: Ken DeGilio Executive Director 1440 Deleware Ave. Lexington, KY 40505 859-254-6771 Fax: 859-367-0242 info@intlbookproject.org |
Medical and nursing books less than 10 yrs old, journals less than 5 yrs old. |
| Sabre Foundation Tania Vitvitsky, Project Director 872 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 2-1 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-868-3510 Fax: 617-868-7916 sabre@sabre.org |
New books in medicine, science, law, economics. |