Brill’s Adopt a Library Program

    Launched in 2009, Brill’s Adopt a Library program each year donates a collection of books to one or two libraries primarily in developing countries. We try and combine the adoption with a capacity building activity, such as organising an author workshop on academic publishing or holding an academic seminar on a focused topic. We do this in partnership with the university libraries and sometimes also involve local partners on the ground.Libraries actively approach Brill or are recommended by Brill authors and editors. In the choice of libraries Brill seeks to match the collection with the focus of the library or the university they are part of.

    Find out more about the most recent adoptions:

    In Sudan (2015)
    In India (2015)
    In The Philipines (2014)

    In recent years the following libraries have been ‘adopted’:

     

    For more information on the program or to recommend a library, contact: marketing@brill.com

     
    Feedback from librarians and academics on Brill’s Adopt a Library program:

    “Our gratitude to Brill for this rare and unexpected gift, where the true value and use of it only time will be able to tell, was expressed not only by myself, but also in the name of the Faculty of Arts by the Dean, Associated Professor Michal Stehlík.”
    Prof. Hlaváček, Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Czech Republic.
    Read more about the donation.
    Brill's Adopt a Library Program, India

    “I am proud to be managing the business relationship with Brill, and delighted to be in Chennai for Brill's Adopt a Library program. Many of our employees have studied at Loyola College and it is a privilege to be able to recognize and give back to the institution responsible for producing highly skilled and competent employees.”
    Bart Loevens, Director, Business Development, SPi Global

    “We are grateful for Brill for choosing LICET as this year’s beneficiary for its Adopt a Library Program. We also look forward for future and further collaboration between LICET and SPi Global.”
    Rev. Dr. Francis P Xavier SJ, Director, LICET.

     

     
    Left to right: Mr. Nedumaran Balasundaram, VP, HR, SPi-India, Krishan Goswami, AVP, Operations, SPi-India, Mr. Frans Havekes, Manager Content Processing, Brill, Dr. Jose Swaminathan, Principal, LICET, Mr. Bart Loevens, Director – Business Development, SPi-Europe, Dr. Caleb Raj, HOD – Physics, LICET at the Brill’s Adopt A Library and Publishing Workshop Program at LICET, Chennai.  
    Brill's Adopt a Library Program, The Philippines

    “Publication is very essential in moving up the academic ladder. At UP, we all need to take our ideas and disseminate these ideas, and publication is a very important part of the process. We thank Brill for the opportunity given to us.”
    Dr. Fidel Nemenzo, UP Vice Chancellor for Research and Development

     

     

     

     

     
    Participants from Silliman University and Foundation University in Dumaguete at the “How to Get Your Research Published Internationally”, with Liesbeth Kanis, Brill’s Development Manager Asia, May C. Dizon, SPi Global Foundation Executive Director and Suzanne Lu-Bascara, Site Director – Dumaguete SPi Global.  
    Photo of book donation to St. John's University of Tanzania

    “St. John's University of Tanzania is delighted to be the latest beneficiaries of the Brill 'Adopt a Library' project. Even though we are a young university we continue to develop links and partnerships nationally, regionally, and internationally. We are grateful that Brill has joined with us to help us fulfill our mandate to be a 'Centre of Excellence for developing humankind holistically to learn to serve."
    Professor Manorios Meshack (Vice-Chancellor, St. John's University of Tanzania)
     

     

     

     

     

     

    Presentation of the book donation to St. John’s University of Tanzania,
    from right to left: dr. Geoffrey Chelelo (Director of Library Services),
    Liesbeth Kanis (Brill representative), Karimu Meshack (PR Manager
    and Communications) and Mr. Walter Nkamba (Librarian).

    		  
    Photo of donation from Brill to Prof. Meshack, Vice-Chancellor

    "St. John's University of Tanzania is committed to building its capacity for postgraduate studies and research. Essential to the delivery of such a vision is world class resources. Brill is renowned for its quality of scholarship and production. We are therefore, delighted to receive these books which have the potential to transform the experience of our students and, through them, transform a nation."
    Dr. Robert S. Heaney, Director of Postgraduate Studies and Research, St. John's University of Tanzania

     

     

     

     

     

    Official handing over of the first copy to Prof. Meshack
    (Vice-Chancellor, St. John’s University of Tanzania,) and Liesbeth Kanis (Brill  representative).

    		  
    Photo Dr hab. Przemysław Wiszewski (right), Vice Director at the Institute of History at Wrocław University, Poland                 Adopt a Library, Biblioteka Fakulteta Islamskih Nauka in Sarajevo

    Dr hab. Przemysław Wiszewski (right), Vice Director at the Institute of
    History at Wrocław University    , Poland, expresses his gratitude to Brill
    for inviting the Institute to the program “Adopt a library” – in front
    of a shelfwith books donated by Brill (picture with Ove Kähler, Head
    of Marketing     at Brill)

    A staff member of the Biblioteka Fakulteta Islamskih Nauka in Sarajevo is unpacking and arranging the books donated by Brill.