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AMS Book & Journal Donation Program

Making Book and Journal Donations | Materials Currently Available | Receiving Book and Journal Donations

The AMS Book and Journal Donation Program matches donors of certain types of mathematical materials with recipient institutions or libraries in currency-poor or developing countries where there is a need for mathematical research literature. Potential donors notify the AMS of their available donations, which are then (if suitable) listed on this website. Potential recipients from eligible countries (see list at bottom of page) can browse the list of available items and apply to the AMS for the materials (in extraordinary cases, applications made from within the U.S. and Canada might be approved). If a match is made, the donor will then be notified with instructions on shipping directly to the recipient. Shipments are never made to the AMS. The donor packs the materials (if possible), schedules the pick-up and the international shipping by a suitable shipper, pays the shipping bill, and is reimbursed by the AMS for the shipping costs.

Questions should be sent to the AMS Membership and Programs Department at 800-321-4267, ext. 4139, or bookdonations@ams.org.

Making Book and Journal Donations

First you must contact the AMS to determine if the materials are suitable for our donation program. Suitable types of materials include multi-year runs of primary research journals, as well as quality research books, and monographs in mathematics. Textbooks and the Notices of the AMS are not appropriate donations for this program. Widely available publications are accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Please send the following information via e-mail to bookdonations@ams.org:

  1. Your name, email address (or phone number), and mailing address
  2. A brief description of the materials to be donated. For journals, give names and years and indicate whether issues are separate or bound together. An overview of a book collection, mentioning topics and numbers of books, is more helpful than specific titles.
  3. The amount of time you are able to hold the books, until we find a suitable recipient.
  4. Any problems you foresee with packing and shipping. In the case of large donations, the AMS may cover packing fees.

Or mail the information to: AMS, Membership and Programs Department, 201 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904.

Donors will be notified about the approval of the materials. There will often be a waiting period before a suitable recipient is found, and then the donors will receive instructions about the shipping preparation.

Donations of books and journals made through this program are donations to needy (usually foreign) institutions and are not donations to the AMS; therefore, they are not deductible as donations to the AMS for tax purposes. Because the AMS does not receive or otherwise handle the donated material, it is not possible for the AMS to provide documentation as to the content of the shipments to the receiving institutions. The AMS is unable to offer advice on the tax status of donations to foreign institutions, except to warn donors to consult a tax advisor prior to making a donation to a foreign institution if the tax issue is an important consideration.

If the conditions of this program are not suitable for a particular donor, the American Library Association lists Other Book Donation Programs that may be a better match.

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Receiving Book and Journal Donations

Please send the following information via email to bookdonations@ams.org or mail the information to: AMS, Membership and Programs Department, 201 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904 USA.

  1. Name of person applying, job title, and email address
  2. Name of institution and/or library, and country
  3. Mailing address for regular mail
  4. Shipping address (and telephone number) for books
  5. Which items in the "Materials Currently Available" list are you interested in?
  6. Explain the need for such materials at your location. How extensive is the current mathematical collection, and how large is the mathematical community which will access the books?
  7. Explain any special circumstances which have affected your collection such as wars, natural disasters, growth of the graduate program in mathematics, shrinkage of the library budget, or other issues.
  8. Are your mathematical holdings available to all professional mathematicians, without regard to religion, gender, national origin and race/ethnicity?

Applicants will be notified about the result of the request. If plans are made to ship the materials, the receiving institution should anticipate any customs problems and instruct the AMS on specific shipping requirements. The AMS cannot pay customs duties.

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Materials Currently Available

When contacting the AMS, indicate the number of the donation you are interested in as well as the information listed under Receiving Book and Journal Donations.

Donation #31

  1. Journal of Geometric Analysis, vol. 1-17 (1991-2007) - incomplete; missing issues: vol.1, num. 5 & 6; vol. 2, num. 1, 3, 4 & 5; vol. 3, num. 2, 5, & 6; vol. 10, num. 1; vol. 11, num. 4

Donation #32

  1. Journal of Geometric Analysis, vol. 1-17 (1991-2007) - incomplete; missing issues: vol. 1, num. 5 & 6; vol.2, num. 1, 3, 4, 5; vol. 3, num. 1, 2, 5, 6; vol. 10, num. 1; vol. 11, num. 2 & 4
Donation #40
  1. The Journal of Symbolic Logic, vols. 1-10; 1957 to 2003
  2. The Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1958 to 1996 may be missing issue(s)

Donation #41

  1. The Journal of Algebra, vols. 1-37; 1964 - 1975 (one missing issue: March 1973, vol 24, No. 3)

Donation #43

  1. American Journal of Mathematics, vols. 90 (1968) through 118 (1996) separate issues. Missing, vol. 110, number 2 (1988).

Donation #44

  1. Primary research journals of the American Statistical Association, unbound (See Detailed Listing).

Donation #45

  1. Journal of Symbolic Comutation, vols. 1 to 36 issue 4, one number of volume 27 missing. (1985-2003), separate issues.

Donation #46

  1. Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vols. 1 to 750, through approximately 1980. Some volumes may be missing.  They are original paperback and not bound.  

Donation #47

  1. Assorted research journals, unbound. (See Detailed Listing).

Donation #48

  1. Assorted research books, papers, journals, monographs, etc.  (See Detailed Listing).
Donation #50
  1. Assorted research books, journals, etc.  (See Detailed Listing).

Donation #51

  1. Assorted research books, journals, etc.  (See Detailed Listing).

Donation #52

  1. Assorted research books, journals, etc.  (See Detailed Listing).

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Institutions in the following countries are eligible to apply for books in this program:

Albania Algeria Angola
Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan
Bangladesh Belarus Bolivia
Bosnia-Hercegovina Botswana Brazil
Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
Cameroon Central African Republic Chad
Chile Colombia Comoros Islands
Costa Rica Croatia Cuba
Czech Rep Djibouti Dominica
Dominican Rep Ecuador Egypt
El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia
Gabon Gambia Ghana
Greece Guatemala Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Honduras Hungary
India Indonesia Iran
Iraq Ivory Coast Jamaica
Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya
Korea Kyrgyzstan Laos
Latvia Lebanon Lesotho
Liberia Libya Lithuania
Madagascar Malawi Malaysia
Mali Malta Mauritania
Mauritius Mexico Moldova
Mongolia Morocco Mozambique
Namibia Nepal Nicaragua
Niger Nigeria Oman
Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea
Paraguay Peoples Rep of Benin Peoples Rep of China
Peoples Rep of Congo Peru Philippines
Poland Portugal Rep of Cape Verde
Rep of Georgia Rep of Macedonia Rep of Yemen
Romania Russia Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal
Serbia Sierra Leone Slovak Rep
Slovenia So Africa Somalia
Sri-Lanka Sudan Surinam
Swaziland Syria Tajikistan
Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan
Uganda Ukraine Uruguay
Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam
Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe