Please distribute to any one you know. ++++++++++++ Got some used textbooks? Whether you're moving or simply have some extra text books you no longer need, your books can be donated to AJAR Foundation to help people in Indonesia gain better access to quality books. AJAR [Indonesia Belajar/ Educating Indonesians, http://www.ajarweb.org ] is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help improve the quality of Indonesian education. The economic crisis that hit Indonesia in 1997 had caused the government to cut subsidies for public universities, leaving most of them in desperate needs of funding. University libraries in Indonesia have less collection than most professors in the United States have in their personal libraries, and their newest collection of books dated five to ten years back, some even worse. The "Got Books?" project intends to collect used textbooks and donate them to university libraries in Indonesia to improve their collections amidst the economical hardship. On September 6, 2000 "Got Books?" campaign on electronic mailing lists was commenced, and to date, thanks to our generous contributors, we have collected more than 500 textbooks and reference magazines with subjects ranging from computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, law, medicine, mathematics, politics, psychology, philosophy, architecture,business, engineering, sociology and the arts. The first shipment of books [total 300 text books] has recently been sent from the port of Los Angeles to the following university libraries: Universitas Petra Surabaya, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Institut Teknologi Surabaya and Universitas Airlangga. Should you be interested to get more information about this project, want to volunteer as a contact person for this world-wide campaign, or simply want to set up an arrangement so that you can drop off your books or we can pick them up, please contact: Southern California: Cortino Sukotjo [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - Los Angeles Northern California: Imelda Harjono [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - San Francisco Widya Junus [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - Berkeley Cynthia Nusantoro [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - South Bay Thomas Dragono [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - Pleasant Hill Mid West USA: Michael Dharmawan [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] - Chicago Singapore: Lily Dawis [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
