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HIPNET Library Mailings - English Materials 2007  Due to the success of previous mailings, and the continued demand for them, HIPNet organized a third mailing of materials to libraries in September 2006. This time, a mailing was done for English only. All the materials were collected, sorted and shipped by the Center for Communication Programs. By sending materials together to a targeted group of libraries that had already indicated that they wanted the materials, HIPNet was able to help its members save money on postage and reach an audience that has an expressed need for their materials

 Mailing Statistics

•  English library mailing (October 2007) included 41 materials from 6 organizations: Population Council, JSI, JHPIEGO, IAVI, eGranary, Measure Evaluation and INFO
• Materials sent to 513 libraries and resource centers in 72 countries.
• Cost: The total cost to mail the materials was $10,200. If the materials had been mailed separately, it would have cost a total of $36,000. There was a total cost savings of $26,560.
• No materials were submitted to INFO in French or Spanish so no mailings were done for those languages. INFO would like to organize a mailing for Spanish and French libraries in 2008.
• INFO has created a listserve called elibraries@rhgateway.org for all libraries with e-mail addresses from the English list who agreed to be included (317 libraries). HIPNet members will be able to send these libraries notices of new publications or resources. INFO will moderate and approve postings (to prevent spam) or you can send your posting to me (mdadamo@jhuccp.org) or Seth Rosenblatt (srosenbl@jhuccp.org).
• INFO will do the same for the Spanish and French libraries as well.

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