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Comment on Frequently Asked Questions by Book Lovers chennai

Book Lovers chennai — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:07:46 +0000

Great summary of reply for the question which is”why spend money on libraries abroad when our own are in trouble”.
Thanks for sharing info.

Comment on Update: The library you helped build for the Buy India a Library project by janholmquist

janholmquist — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:40:04 +0000

Dear Bhakti Gala
Thank you for your comment. We chose the location in cooperation with goodgifts.org who have the expertise on location. If you have knowledge that can help them in their great work the right way to work for your area would be to contact them – I would also be interested if you do – You can reach me at janholmquist [at] gmail .com

Comment on Update: The library you helped build for the Buy India a Library project by Bhakti Gala

Bhakti Gala — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:58:19 +0000

This is a big thank you from an Indian for the sincere efforts and interest shown. I just happened to read about it. Is it possible to replicate this in more remote areas in India- ready to help in any way.

Comment on Update: The library you helped build for the Buy India a Library project by Bibliothekartag Library Conference Recap | Justin The Librarian

Bibliothekartag Library Conference Recap | Justin The Librarian — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:03:59 +0000

[...] Today I presented with with Jan Holmquist on the Buy India a Library project. Jan and I presented on how we came together for the project, how we put the project together without ever meeting each other in person (until this conference, that is!), and gave an update showing how the project had been moving along. [...]

Comment on About by Why the story of Buy India a Library is (still) important | janholmquist

Why the story of Buy India a Library is (still) important | janholmquist — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:56:27 +0000

[...] It is not a rare thing to work remote with people you never met – but to gather a team (Justin, Andromeda, Ned, Jan) and fund a library in another country in two weeks. I’ll say that is really something [...]

Comment on About by Bibliothekartag 20120: Justin Hönke und Jan Holmquist “das Buy India a Library Project” « Zukunftswerkstatt Kultur- und Wissensvermittlung e.V.

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:37:05 +0000

[...] es um ein Projekt gehen welches u.a. von Justin Hönke und Jan Holmquist ins Leben gerufen wurde. Das “Buy India a Library Project”. Die Idee ist so einfach wie genial. Über verschiedene Social-Media-Tolls sollte global Geld [...]

Comment on Frequently Asked Questions by Books on Demand has HUGE Potential

Books on Demand has HUGE Potential — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:32:22 +0000

[...] needs it. This just boggles my mind with the possibilities. I had been following along with the Buy India a Library project on Twitter and I thought that was cool as hell, but this takes that idea to a whole new [...]

Comment on What´s keeping us busy? Status £ 1920,82 by Chandan Das

Chandan Das — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:33:24 +0000

It is really nice to see the effort to build a library. On our recent visit to India, we built a library in our home for the local community – and it is getting tremendous response from the community and kids. I have started a website for that and plan to update it every week.

Comment on #buyalib HAS gone to the ball. by Andromeda

Andromeda — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:14:53 +0000

We donated the money quite promptly after closing the campaign, FYI…we were just slow to blog about it. Thanks again to everyone.

Comment on About by Day 4 & 5 of #libday6 | janholmquist

Day 4 & 5 of #libday6 | janholmquist — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:52:15 +0000

[...] A few emails to the other members of the #buyalib team. We are very excited about continuing the project by donating the collected money and thereby [...]