An opportunity to do some good

The following request for medical books for medical providers from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas was passed along by Lily Liu recently to one of our librarian lists. I'm posting with her permission. Soldiers are collecting medical books to send to Iraq to be used by Iraqi medical providers there. They ask for medical books published after 2000. No journals are needed at this point. There is no time limit, they will collect and ship them as it goes. You can mail books to the following address:

314 Medical Group
c/o SSgt Joseph Williams
1090 Arnold Drive
Little Rock AFB, AR 72099-4399

It's an opportunity to get books that may be extras or weeded from our collections to a place where they could be invaluable. Here's the original request:

Sir/Ma'am,

If you have any Medical Books that you would like to donate to Iraqi providers, please [send them to] my office....Any and all publications from basic to subspecialty are desirable. Basic science texts for medical students will also be useful. Iraqi medicine is educationally sophisticated but materially poorly resourced. All Iraqi doctors can read and speak English, so don't worry about a language barrier. It's ok if the books are a little old, or a little tattered. Books must be no more than two editions old. (Nothing published before 2000, please) These books will be sent on a C-30 ASAP to be used down range by Iraqi providers in practice. Many of the doctors there have lost their books due to bombings, fires, and civil war. We here at The Rock can make a big difference for Iraq, so please show your support.

Thanks,
SSgt Joseph Williams