Library Assistance Program Acknowledgements

This appreciation letter is issued as an acknowledgement to the generosity of the Office of International Program of the American Phytopathological Society which kindly donated book collections to our library. All of these collections will be placed in the Library of our department which can be accessed by our students and lecturers. These collections will be very useful in achieving our goals to teach students using a problem-based learning strategy, which is heavily based on the availability of readings in order for students to understand plant pathology. Though internet is available, due to limited access to most full articles posted, we faced problems to provide wide access for students and staff. Therefore, the availability of these collections is greatly appreciated. On behalf of our students and staff, we thank you for such a very kind generosity, and we are looking forward to having more assistance in the future.

Ceppy Nasashi, Ir., M.S.
Tarkus Suganda, Ir., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Plant Protection
Universitas Padjadjaran
INDONESIA

The Library Assistance Program of the Office of International Program of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a wonderful program to help the scientists, academics. Libraries, institutions with books, journals, CDs, compendia, etc., particularly in the developing countries those who can not afford to buy. Affordability should not be a constraint to put your mark in the scientific world and that has become a reality through the generosity of this particular program. The books I received through this program brought a real difference in my teaching and research capability. A big thank you to the Library Assistance Program.

Dr. Shamsul Akanda
Department of Agriculture
PNG University of Technology
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Dear Dr. Babadoost,

I would like to grab this opportunity and thank you for coordinating Library Assistance Program of APS. The issues of Plant Diseases Journal (from 1995 to 2005) donated by Dr. Paul Grooteman and coordinated by you were very helpful for our research Institute and many scientists and students are using these journals. We have kept them in our library and they will be useful for all people in this research institute. Thank you so much for your kind assistance and it would highly appreciated if you could support us more with scientific materials in future.

Best Regards,
Dr. Mohammad Razavi
Department of Plant Pathology
Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute
IRAN

Dear Dr. Babadoost:

We would like to thank you for the book collection on Phytopathology and Plant Disease that you have donated for our department. The books are now placed at the faculty library. They are accessible for teachers and researchers from the faculty and the university as a whole, as well as for students, especially those preparing theirs masters or Ph.D.s. These scientific references will certainly be beneficial and useful for biologists at our faculty, and will help them get direct access to scientific articles.

Yours sincerely, 
Dr. Abdelhakim Hatimi
Head of Biology Department
University of Ibn Zohr
MOROCCO

To support this program, contact:

Mohammad Babadoost
Univ of Illinois
N-533A Turner Hall - Crop Sciences Dept
1102 S Goodwin Ave
Urbana,  IL  61801-4798
Phone: +1.217.333.1523
Fax:  +1.217.333.1289
Email: babadoos@uiuc.edu

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