Colorado State University Mounting a Book Drive to Help the Library at an Ethiopian University

colorado-stateOn a visit to Ethiopia last November, Tony Frank, president of Colorado State University, promised to send a shipment of books to improve the holdings of the library at Hawassa University. Now President Frank is asking students, faculty, and staff at the university to donate books that will be shipped to Africa.

All books are welcome except those with material specific only to the United States, popular novels and magazines, religious books, and books older than 15 years unless the information contained within remains applicable.

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