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First step for the central reserve in Haïti

On april 2012, Library Without Borders (BSF) has signed with the Rector of the University of Haiti, a protocol for the construction of a central reserve of Haitian university libraries, where will be stored and retained 300,000 books. According to Patrick Weil, the Director of BSF, the French NGO,...

September 30th, Official opening of the digital library of the State University of Haïti

Libraries Without Borders and the State University of Haiti (UEH) are excited to announce the official opening, on September 30th 2011, of the first Digital Library of the State University of Haiti, a computing laboratory which leads millions online academic resources (books, periodic, newspapers, etc.) to the 15,000 UEH’s students,...

Project Areas

Formal and Informal Education Libraries Without Borders / Bibliothèques Sans Frontières assists efforts to improve access to education in the countries of the Global South. The documentary collections of educational structures (primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities) are often inadequate and/or ill-suited to the needs of students. The development...

Who We Are

Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to facilitating the growth of libraries in the developing world. Access to knowledge is a key factor in social and economic development. By facilitating the growth of libraries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, LWB aims to provide the knowledge...

September 30th, Official opening of the digital library of the State University of Haïti

Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders) and the State University of Haiti (UEH) are excited to announce the official opening, on September 30th 2011, of the first Digital Library of the State University of Haiti, a computing laboratory which leads millions online academic resources (books, periodic, newspapers, etc.) to the 15,000 UEH’s students, researchers and...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Library

BSF helped create a Law and International Relations reference library in Port-au-Prince for the benefit of the MInistry of Foreign Affairs. PROJECT DESCRIPTION When the upper stories of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs collapsed, they crushed the rooms housing the Ministry’s archives and International Law Library, both located on the building’s ground floor. In...

Emergency Mission to Save Literary Patrimony

In the immediate aftermath of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake, BSF implemented a short- and long-term plan to save the capital’s patrimonial collections involving the reconstruction of heavily damaged public library, school and university structures. The response to our call for donations, together with support from CulturesFrance, allowed BSF to organize an emergency mission to the...

Preparing for the Future: The University Library Project

Creation of a Digital Library and a Central University Library in Port-au-Prince In partnership with the State University of Haiti, BSF is establishing a digital library that, beginning in 2011, will open to receive the 15,000 students of Port-au-Prince. In the long-term, BSF is preparing for the future university library of Port-au-Prince. PROJECT DESCRIPTION...

Developing Libraries Across the Country

BSF is helping the libraries of Haiti, which were gravely damaged by the earthquake. It is simultaneously conducting an observation mission in order to identify what needs to be done outside of the capital. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Most of the school, university and community libraries of Port-au-Prince are out of service. The National Library, the...