BOOKS TO NEW ORLEANS: Via my academic ninja network:

Seeking Book Donations
> The New Orleans Public Library
> (New Orleans LA)
>
> The New Orleans Public Library is asking for any and all hardcover
> and paperback books for people of all ages in an effort to restock
> the shelves after Katrina. The staff will assess which titles will be
> designated for its collections. The rest will be distributed to
> destitute families or sold for library fundraising. Please send your
> books to:
>
> Rica A. Trigs, Public Relations
> New Orleans Public Library
> 219 Loyola Avenue
> New Orleans, LA 70112
>
> If you tell the post office that they are for the library in New
> Orleans, they will give you the library rate which is slightly less
> than the book rate.