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Hello, We have some experience of sending books to low income countries and this is unfortunately a tricky one in terms of logistics At the end of the day it comes down to being able to establish a partnership with a local organisation who can arrange to receive your books and/or finding someone in the UK working with a project who is travelling to that country and willing to take the books (some airlines allow additional baggage for this purpose). Some couriers have offered charitable rates (it has been a few years since we used them) DHL -offer charity rates to those working with THET. Sayvatrek - can arrange charity shipping. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> THET have a grant application process if you build a partnership with a developing country (http://www.thet.org/) Kind Regards, Helene Hélène Gorring Library Services Manager Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust Tel: 0121 301 2059 Mob: 07985882083 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: UK medical / health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wendy Foster (Hywel Dda UHB - Knowledge Services Manager) Sent: 09 June 2017 11:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Withdrawn books to support nurse education in southern India Some years ago we had a visit from the librarian of a medical library in Sri Lanka. We said that we would worry about donating out-of-date text books to other countries but she was clear that any books are better than no books at all. Having reached that point, we're then faced with the cost of sending them. Who pays for the transport? Regards, Wendy Wendy Foster Knowledge Services Manager / Rheolwr Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth Glangwili Library / Llyfrgell Glangwili Hywel Dda University Health Board / Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda West Wales General Hospital / Ysbyty Cyffredinol Gorllewin Cymru Carmarthen SA31 2AF / Caerfyrddin SA31 2AF Tel / Rhif Ffon 01267 223710, ext. 2076, or 07768 246817 WHTN 01827 2076 Email / e-bost [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter @WendyFoster14 Glangwili Library intranet: http://howis.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/43368 From: UK medical / health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of STEWART, David (BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) Sent: 09 June 2017 11:39 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Withdrawn books to support nurse education in southern India Dear all I know this crops up from time to time both as a question and indeed as an ethical issue. I have this enquiry from a colleague in Health Education England, who has visited a nurse education college in southern India, "When I visited the nursing school at Apollo Hyderabad, we visited the library and they showed me their books, which they treated like some of their most pressure possessions. I recognised some from the 80's when I was a student We update and dispose of massive numbers of books every year when the libraries in the Trusts and HEIs update Is there anything we could do to donate them to new homes in LMIC's. I was rather hoping that we could support some of the organisations that the Global Health Exchange is already engaged with in various schemes of work. It would require some experience around the logistics though." Advice and suggestions from both NHS and higher education colleagues would be very welcome. Thankyou, David David Stewart BA(Hons) Dip.Lib. 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