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New library gives researchers a home in capital - Vietnam library

The Viet nam Education Foundation Fellows Association (VEFFA) and Ha noi University of Technology (HUT) will jointly open a library tomorrow.
The library, located within the Ta Quang Buu Library of the Ha noi University of Technology, is a result of the Viet Nam Book Drive, a collaborative project between VEFFA and HUT.

The project was launched in September 2007 to improve access to quality resources for education and research. The Viet Nam Education Foundation (VEF) fellows collected donated textbooks and research materials from professors, students and interested people across universities in the US.

The library provides free access to those resources to all students and faculty at HUT and other universities in Vietnam

The Viet Nam Book Drive has attracted tremendous support at more than 30 top American universities. By the end of 2007, the project received donations totalling more than US$10,000 in cash from the Viet Nam Education Foundation (VEF) and individuals as well as more than 1,000 science and engineering textbooks and scientific journals.

In March 2008, the library received the first 750 books from VEFFA.

"Our goals for the year 2008 were to bring in $5,000 and 2,000 books. The project also has an ambitious plan for a bus tour with stops at some large US university campuses to pick up donated books in December 2008," said Nguyen Cong Nghia, Viet Nam Book Drive project manager.

VEFFA project's partners-to-be, the University of Technology in Hcm city and Vinh University, agreed to cover all the book-shipping costs from the US to Vietnam.

A Memorandum of Understanding is expected to be signed with each university to set up a library of their own. VEFFA committed to delivering the collected books to all three partnered libraries to help increase access to textbooks and research materials for the local faculty and students.

VEFFA continues to seek out innovative ideas that could result in gathering more quality academic books and research materials for the project.

(Source: Viet Nam News)
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New library gives researchers a home in capital - Vietnam library

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