[OPLINLIST] book donations to TX needed

[Rebecca Felkner]

>From a librarian friend of mine in Houston....

The Texas Library Association is accepting book donations (can be from
anywhere) to help the Gulf libraries prepare to re-open for business.
The Association is accepting book collections to help libraries fill
their shelves.

TLA will ship the donated materials to Gulf Coast states as soon as
libraries are ready to receive the materials. To make a book donation,
you can ship materials to Braker Self Storage, ATTN: Katrina Book Drive,
2607 West Braker Lane, Austin, Texas 78758.=20

State library officials in the Gulf Coast report that many libraries
have been completely demolished. Those facilities will have to be
completely rebuilt and re-equipped. The items most needed include new or
very lightly used children's books, adult fiction and nonfiction,
reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, almanacs), and Gulf Coast-area
collections. They ask that materials have recent publication dates.=20

Since it will likely be several months-perhaps even a year or two-before
libraries are able to take these collections, the Association has
partnered with the Texas Mini Storage Association (TMSA) to collect the
books and store them in climate-controlled facilities until area
libraries are able to receive collections.

Ginny Sutton, executive director of the TMSA, said "We are thrilled to
help in any way we can. We want to let our Gulf Coast neighbors know
that we are here for them over the long term. We want library officials
to know that our member facilities, led by Braker Self Storage in
Austin, are very happy to help in this noble effort to replenish the
libraries in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama."

Additional information, including information about local relief
programs in the affected states, can be found at www.txla.org.

Rebecca Felkner
Library Consultant
State Library of Ohio
274 E. First Avenue, Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43201
Voice: 614-644-6912
FAX: 614-728-2788
rfelkner@sloma.state.oh.us