National & International Coverage:

Press, J. (2007). Afghan Doctors benefit from book drive. The Kingston-Whig Standard (April 30), pdf.

Skerritt, J. (2007). Violence halts book program: Medical libraries in Afghanistan suffer. Winnipeg Free Press (Mar 5), B1-B2, pdf.

Goodspeed, P. (2007). First there must be peace: Part 2. Rebuilding. National Post (January 15), link.

Armstrong, Sally (2006). We've forgotten why we're really in Afghanistan. Globe and Mail (March 20), pdf

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. CBC TV Edmonton interview, July 11, 2003: QuickTime (6.1 MB)

Rawan, A.R. (2002). Assessment of Libraries at Kabul Higher Education Institutions, San Francisco: Asia Foundation. Word ( 84 KB)

Rawan, A.R. (2004). Kabul University Libraries, Assessment and Implementation: Challenges and Issues, Tucson: Library, University of Arizona. PPT (22 MB)

Medical Books for Afghanistan. Inside: Duke University Medical Centre & Health System. April 05, 2004 Volume 13 No. 7. link

Sibbald, B (2004). News @ a Glance. CMAJ. April 13, 2004; 170 (8). link

Local Coverage:

May 24, 2001. Winnipeg Free Press article PDF (240 KB) and press release by Frank Nolan Word (32 KB). TV coverage: A Channel and CBC French TV.

Wilhelm, T. (2004). U of M 'is the hub' of Afghan book drive . Winnipeg Free Press (February 13), A8. (.doc 28 KB)

Owram, K. (2004). U of A students send textbooks to Afghanistan. The Gateway 93(40), link.

University of Manitoba Newsletters:

Barbour, D. (2004). Books arrive in Kabul link

Barclay, R. (2006). Books headed to Afghanistan, link

Gordon, R. (2004). Excess medical book sale for Kabul Medical 
Institute Library link

Barclay, R. (2006). Books headed to Afghanistan. What's Happening at the University of Manitoba. link

Gaudet, L. (2004). Donated medical books arrive at University of Kabul. University of Manitoba Bulletin 38(7), 12.PDF (1.4 MB)

Nolan, F. (2004). Kabul Library bolstered by 1,700 new textbooks. University of Manitoba Bulletin 38(5), 5. PDF (1.5 MB)

Excess Medical Book Sale for Kabul Medical Institute Library, link

Leibl, D. (2004). Books to Kabul, link.

Edwards, M. (2004). Rebuilding Kabul Medical Library: students helping students. Manitoba Medicine: Newsletter of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine and the Manitoba Medical College Foundation (Winter 2003/2004), 8. link