if you want to read what has already been written, take a look at this: Libraries and "The Great Book Blockade of 2009" - http://filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/05/libraries-and-great-book-blockade-of.html
if you are an acquisitions librarian or have a practical understanding of the implications, please leave a comment. thanks! von --- do unto others what you would have others do unto OTHERS =) http://filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com/ On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:44 AM, MPL <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi to all, > > did anyone read any article or heard the news about the tax that the > Bureau of Customs imposed on importation of books in the Philippines? > is it true that booksellers are not importing for the past 2 months > due the duties that they need to shoulder? this will totally affect > us particularly. Books are merely expensive without tax, what more > with it? i hope someone, somehow, something will enlighten BOC that > books are medium in making our country literate and be competitive in > global market. is there anything we, as a group, can do about it? > > MPL > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
