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Welcome to The Naga Project
For Libraries

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The purpose of this web site is to provide information about the Naga Project for Libraries, a project for
libraries and publishers in the
United States
to help build a Reference Collection for the
Library of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.

On Thursday, August 18, 2005, the Naga Project for Libraries reached its goal of providing 1000 books for the Reference Collection of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.

Here's the Final Report of the Naga Project:
bulletHow Many Volunteers?  10
bulletHow many Donors of Books? 33
bulletHow many donors of $ for shipping?  6
bulletHow many books sent?  more than 1000
bulletHow many cataloging records sent?  more than 1000

 
bulletDollar value (ESTIMATED) of books sent:  $42,000
bulletHow many boxes to the Post Office?  68
bulletHow many hours of volunteer time donated? 288 ESTIMATED
bulletHow many dollars donated for shipping? $746
bulletHow many libraries participated? 29
bulletHow much fun was it?  LOTS!
 
bulletTHANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

 

 
 Here are some related links:
 

bullet The Royal Academy of Cambodia
 
bullet Friends of Reed Library
 
bullet The Books for Asia program
of the Asia Foundation

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In Buddhist mythology, nagas are benevolent creatures that live in a watery underworld. They are also believed to act as guardians of hidden Mahyna texts. A Naga Sheltering the Buddha is on the logo of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.

 
 
"naga" A Dictionary of Buddhism. Ed. Damien Keown. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. SUNY-Fredonia. 25 September 2004  
Photos of Cambodian Libraries

 

Here are pictures of the Library of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, and of other libraries in Phnom Penh.