Needed: Donated Computers

Lee Burchinal (mailto:lburl@LAN.VITA.ORG)
Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:51:30 -0500 

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Date:         Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:51:30 -0500
From: Lee Burchinal <mailto:lburl@LAN.VITA.ORG>
Subject:      Needed: Donated Computers
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>


>From mailto:lburchin@osf1.gmu.edu Wed Jan 10 15:50:17 1996

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:41:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Lee Burchinal <mailto:lburchin@osf1.gmu.edu>
To: mailto:lburl@vita.org


Dear Colleague, Following is an announcement of a new project of
ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC., a nonprofit organization. In addition to
help we are providing to university and research libraries in 13 newly
independent countries of central Europe, we are starting a new project to
acquire and deliver donated 386 and 286 computers for facilitating
automation and networking among libraries  in Lithuania.
Please inform colleagues, libraries, and organizations whom you think
might have equipment to donate. You can stress that the value of
equipment can be claimed as a tax deduction.
Also, please forward our announcement to listservs, bbs, newsletter editors
and in other ways you can. I know I express the appreciation of thousands
of librarians and users who will benefit from equipment we can provide.
Thank you for your interest and help. Lee G. Burchinal


           DONATE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT; GET A TAX
                          BREAK;
           AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AT
                   LITHUANIAN LIBRARIES


Contact:


     Dr. Lee G. Burchinal               Tel    703 525 9045
     ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC.     Fax    703 351 0782
     4141 N. Henderson Road, #1216 Email  mailto:lburchin@gmu.edu
     Arlington, VA 22203


ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC., a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization
(Federal Identification Number 54-1692672), is seeking donations of 386
and 286 computers and peripherals for use in Lithuanian university and
research libraries. These libraries, which always have been the prime
sources of information for professionals as well as faculty and students, are
now automating and developing a national information network. Their
progress, however, is impeded by the lack of computers, which they cannot
afford to buy. As a result, librarians lack  means for inputting records and
managing networks while users are denied access to important national and
international information resources.


Fortunately, there is a ready made solution to this problem. Older
computers, now being discarded as organizations in the United States
upgrade, can serve as needed workstations on library networks in
Lithuania. ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC., which has been assisting
libraries in Lithuania and 12 other central newly independent countries of
central Europe, agreed to acquire and deliver needed computer equipment.


For further information about ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC., the
kind of equipment that is needed, and how to arrange a donation, contact
Dr. Lee G. Burchinal (see above).


When you donate equipment, in additional to the benefit of a tax deduction,
you will gain personal satisfaction from helping a good cause and knowing
that your equipment is helping to promote democracy and to build
economic growth in a country struggling to overcome years of Communist
domination.


Thank you for your interest and assistance.