Assessing the Effectiveness of Book and Journal Donations to Eastern Europe

A Study Prepared by the Civic Education Project for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
June 1994

Jonathan A. Becker, Project Director

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary

  I. Introduction

  II. Goals of Donor Organizations

  III. Book Donations

  3.1 Types of Donation Programs

  3.2 Efficacy of Donations

  3.21 Quality of Books

  3.22 Access

  3.23 Usage

  3.3 Needs

  3.4 Conclusions and Recommendations

  IV. Partner Organizations

  4.1 Receiving Donations

  4.2 Publicity

  4.3 Oversight and Feedback

  4.4 Potential Solutions

  4.5 Conclusions and Recommendations

  V. Journals

  5.1 Journal Donation Projects

  5.11 Natural Sciences, Medicine and Engineering

  5.12 Social Sciences and Humanities

  5.13 Other Sources

  5.2 Efficacy of Donations

  5.21 Quality vs. Quantity

  5.22 Length of Subscriptions

  5.23 Overlap

  5.24 Access

  5.25 Usage

  5.26 Distribution

  5.3 Needs

  5.4 Alternative Technologies

  5.5 Conclusions and Recommendations

  VI. Conclusions

  6.1 Countries and Regions

  6.2 Donation Projects

  Appendix One

  Footnotes

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