[1] This is not to be confused with Libraries Without Borders, which has its headquarters in France, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland,[2] or Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières, a now defunct French nonprofit.
The organization is overseen by student committees at five Canadian Universities and a volunteer Executive Team and Board of Directors.
Librarians Without Borders' inaugural project focused on providing a medical and nursing collection for the Biblioteca Tutangi, a Portuguese-language library in Huambo, Angola.
[6] Due to complications related to legal issues surrounding the name of the organization brought forth by Doctors Without Borders and communication difficulties as a result of staff relocation, LWB decided to direct funds destined for the development of the collection to another African library by adopting an institution through the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE).
[10] In 2010, LWB student committee members from the University of Western Ontario traveled to El Humo de Pejibaye in Costa Rica to build a school library and furnish it with books and other materials obtained through fundraising.