Used book Sales in NCKU Library for Charity at Sep 21st
Tainan, TAIWAN, Sep 18 --- Welcome all people to join together for “the Sixth Used Book Sales in NCKU Library for Charity” on the entrance hall from 10 am to 5 pm at Sep 21st. Clients may not only have chances to pay less for their favorite books, but also to contribute to the charity and public welfare. Prof. Wen-Jen Hsieh (謝文真) as the Director of NCKU Library, who has supported such used books sale for a long time, will open “the Sixth Secondhand books sale” and buy some used books.
The NCKU library has held the annual used book sales since 2004, and it will be the sixth this year. It has received high regards for organizing this book sale from the community with the concept in mind on “cost-effective and knowledgeable book sales for students and community and concerning environment as well as caring the disadvantaged”. The NCKU Library has already collected nearly ten thousands volumes of books during the past five years for this book sale, which was sold in total for more than NT$ 600,000 that has been donated to various charity organizations, such as the Tainan Branch of the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, Tainan Office of the Taiwan Funds for Children and Family, St. Raphael Opportunity Center, and Tainan Country Care and Concern Association on Intellectual Disability.
To prepare for the annual used book sales in September, the NCKU library started to gear up hard every May to prepare necessary poster and promotion propaganda, and to collect, clean and classify used books since June. Though it is easy to buy or sell used books everywhere, the NCKU Library still works the best to organize this book sale and to coordinate efforts from NCKU community in order to contribute to the charity and the society. As a result, more than 3000 volumes of used books, the most ever, were collected from about 130 well-wishers.
The total sum sold in this year’s “Used Books for Sale” will be donated to the St. Raphael Opportunity Center which is a day care center for children and adults with developmental or multiple disabilities from moderate and severe to profound degree. Father Hugo Peter, the Director of St. Raphael Opportunity Center who came from Switzerland to Taiwan in 1971, recently published a memoir entitled “Thirty-Seven Years Leave No Blank” 2008 with a price tag of NT$ 200. On Sep 21st, namely the first day of the book sale, Father Peter will have a book signing party from 10 am to 11 am on the entrance hall of the NCKU Library for those who purchase his book. All sale amount of Father Peter’s memoir will be combined in the total sale sum of the used books and given to the St. Raphael Opportunity Center.
The NCKU library has held the annual used book sales since 2004, and it will be the sixth this year. It has received high regards for organizing this book sale from the community with the concept in mind on “cost-effective and knowledgeable book sales for students and community and concerning environment as well as caring the disadvantaged”. The NCKU Library has already collected nearly ten thousands volumes of books during the past five years for this book sale, which was sold in total for more than NT$ 600,000 that has been donated to various charity organizations, such as the Tainan Branch of the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, Tainan Office of the Taiwan Funds for Children and Family, St. Raphael Opportunity Center, and Tainan Country Care and Concern Association on Intellectual Disability.
To prepare for the annual used book sales in September, the NCKU library started to gear up hard every May to prepare necessary poster and promotion propaganda, and to collect, clean and classify used books since June. Though it is easy to buy or sell used books everywhere, the NCKU Library still works the best to organize this book sale and to coordinate efforts from NCKU community in order to contribute to the charity and the society. As a result, more than 3000 volumes of used books, the most ever, were collected from about 130 well-wishers.
The total sum sold in this year’s “Used Books for Sale” will be donated to the St. Raphael Opportunity Center which is a day care center for children and adults with developmental or multiple disabilities from moderate and severe to profound degree. Father Hugo Peter, the Director of St. Raphael Opportunity Center who came from Switzerland to Taiwan in 1971, recently published a memoir entitled “Thirty-Seven Years Leave No Blank” 2008 with a price tag of NT$ 200. On Sep 21st, namely the first day of the book sale, Father Peter will have a book signing party from 10 am to 11 am on the entrance hall of the NCKU Library for those who purchase his book. All sale amount of Father Peter’s memoir will be combined in the total sale sum of the used books and given to the St. Raphael Opportunity Center.
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