MIAMI, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- getAbstract, the world's leading book summary company, is very pleased to announce a new, ongoing charitable program to donate a large collection of top-caliber, up-to-date business books to the Florida International University Library Foundation.
Rolf Dobelli, co-founder and chairman of getAbstract, will present a symbolic, gift-wrapped book to Antonie Downs, Executive Associate Director of Libraries for FIU, on Thursday, February 26, at 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of the main library on the North Miami campus of FIU at 3000 NE 151 Street, North Miami.
"getAbstract is a company founded by book lovers," Dobelli said. "At our home office in Lucerne, Switzerland, we maintain a master library of each book we have ever summarized. However, we often receive duplicate copies from our publishing partners for the use of our writers and editors, so we are pleased to establish this on-going donation program to give these outstanding books a second life in the service of FIU's students and faculty."
getAbstract, which publishes an online library of more than 5,000 book summaries in English, German and Spanish at getAbstract.com, is launching this new charitable program by donating approximately 400 books to the FIU Library Foundation for use in its main libraries on the Biscayne Bay and University Park campuses. The company plans to donate approximately 250 more books a year on an ongoing basis.
"Our library's purpose is to support the University's mission of teaching, research, and service by providing the means for the discovery and the pursuit of knowledge," Mrs. Downs explained. "We are grateful for the generosity and support of getAbstract as we pursue our vision of becoming a top, urban, public university research library."
"As an international company, we are glad to support Florida's International University," Dobelli said. "Its stellar work in education, particularly in business, journalism, the environment and international scholarship, makes us particularly pleased to support its Library Foundation."
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