NGTC Forms Partnership To Help Foundation Lending Library

The North Georgia Technical College Foundation is working with an organization in an effort to re-use old books.

Recently, the North Georgia Technical College Foundation began a partnership with Better World Books, providing another opportunity for anyone in the area looking for a way to repurpose old books and other forms of literature.

School officials said the program is simple.

According to North Georgia Technical College, the items collected by the college’s Foundation will be sold to Better World Books and the proceeds will be used to purchase additional textbooks for the Foundation’s Lending Library.

Better World Books is a self-sustaining, for-profit social venture whose mission is to capitalize on the value of the book to fund literacy initiatives locally, nationally and around the world.

They partner with nearly 3,100 libraries and over 1800 college campuses across the U.S. and Canada, collecting unwanted textbooks and library discards in support of non-profit literacy programs.

North Georgia Technical College Director of Institutional Advancement Cynthia Brown said the school is excited about the potential for this partnership.

Brown said the Foundation began the Lending Library just four years ago with only a handful of books and it has grown tremendously.

Now, it has more than 500 books available for use by students with demonstrated financial need.

The Books for Books program is not limited to textbooks only, though textbooks that are 2005 or newer are welcome.

Donations may include hardcover fiction or non-fiction, travel books (2008 or newer), trade paperbacks, dictionaries, out-of-print books, and rare or collectible books.

In addition, unopened software sets as well as CD’s, DVD’s, and VHS cassettes that are operable and include casing with artwork.

The deadline to complete the project for this semester is March 23rd.

Donations may be dropped off at the Foundation Office in the Mobley Building on the Clarkesville Campus, or you may call 706-754-7714 to make arrangements to drop off a donation.