Nearly 1,000 boxes of books at the Oregon State Library were loaded into an ocean-transport container Thursday to be shipped to China.
The 988 boxes of surplus books were donated by libraries, churches, stores and individuals who wanted to help libraries in Oregon's sister province of Fujian, China.
Oregon National Guard members from eight different units moved the boxes from the library's basement to a 40-foot container outside.
Last fall, Dehong Xiao, director of the Xiamen University Library, met with Oregon librarians to discuss a book donation project. With so many English-language learners in China, it's hard for them to keep books on the shelves, said Jim Scheppke, state librarian.
In October 1993 a similar effort was made to send English-language books to China. That year, 17,000 books, four computers and two microfilm readers were sent, said Rosalind Wang, a bilingual librarian for the Multnomah County Library.
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The largest donor was the Portland State University Library with 324 boxes of books.
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