Foundation signed a partnership agreement for the management of the Books for Asia Mongolia program with ACMS. ACMS operates the program under the title Books for Mongolia. The Books for Asia program is a popular program which leads in the region with book donation initiatives. Books for Asia puts one million brand new books into the hands of students, educators, and local and national leaders in 19 countries annually. In Mongolia, over 800,000 books and textbooks have been donated and distributed to schools, kindergartens, universities, libraries, and government and non-government organizations throughout Mongolia since 1990. Books for Mongolia will continue to provide a world of information and opportunity to Mongolians by providing new and high quality English language books to organisations throughout Mongolia. Library Access Library resources of significant research value are difficult to access in Mongolia. Inconsistent business hours, inaccessible catalogs, and poor research environments occasionally produce insurmountable barriers for researchers. The ACMS provides logistical support to researchers in order to gain access to collections that individuals may not be able to access on their own. In addition, the ACMS maintains its own library of Mongolian Studies and discipline-based academic materials which is open to the public. It is also a participating member of the Local Libraries and Archives Project under the guidance of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), with funding support from the US Department of Education Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) program which aims to increase digital access to foreign library resources through the Digital Library for International Research. References External links American Center for Mongolian Studies - www.mongoliacenter.org American Center for Mongolian Studies Library Website - mongoliacenter.org/library/ Mongolia Society - www.mongoliasociety.org/ Indiana University - www.indiana.edu/ Western Washington University - www.wwu.edu/ Council for American Overseas Research Centers - www.caorc.org/ American Institute for Yemeni Studies - www.aiys.org/ Digital Library for International Research - www.dlir.org/ TICFIA - www.crl.edu/areastudies/ticfia/index.html Local Libraries and Archives Project - www.aodl.org/ticfia/conference/local.php Council of American Overseas Research Centers Academic organizations based in the United States Western Washington University 2002 establishments in the United States Organizations established in 2002 Mongolian studies