[Buddha-l] Fw: [****] Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA)

[jkirk]

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> The Asian Studies WWW Monitor:  Oct 2006, Vol. 13, No. 11 (254)
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> 17 Oct 2006
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> Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA)
>
> Tibetan Government in Exile, Dharamsala, India
>
> Supplied note:
> "The webpage gives free, live and downloadable access to the daily 
> Buddhist Philosophy Class taught at the Library. The teacher for this 
> class, Geshe Sonam Rinchen, holds the degree of Geshe Lharampa, which he 
> received in 1980. He also holds an Acharya degree (equiv. to Master's 
> Degree) from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (hereinafter 
> CIHTS) in Sarnath, Varanasi. He has taught classes at LTWA since 1978. - 
> pa."
>
> Self-description:
> "Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (LTWA) is an autonomous body under 
> direct supervision of H.H. the Dalai Lama. It is registered with the 
> Government of India under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860. LTWA 
> is recognized by Himachal Pradesh University as a Centre for Tibetan 
> Studies in 1991 and was accorded status of National Library, Archives and 
> Museum by the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in 1996."
>
> Site contents:
> * DEPARTMENTS (Administration, Library (Tibetan Manuscript [more than 
> 80,000 manuscripts, xylographs, documents, illuminated manuscripts, and 
> microfilm records - ed.], Foreign Language), Archive (Audiovisual & Sound 
> [over 26,000 hours of audio recordings - ed.] Photographic [over 7,000 
> photos, negatives and slides of Tibet - ed.], Architectural (TADC)), 
> Museum, Research & Translation, Oral History [several thousands 
> transcripts of recordings of interviews with senior Tibetans, both 
> religious and secular - ed.] Publications, (Tibetan Publication [150 
> publications to date concerning Buddhist philosophy and other aspects of 
> Tibetan culture, incl. two periodicals 'gTam Tshog' (Tibetan history, art, 
> philosophy, literature and language) and 'Bod Kyi Tsen Rig Dus Deb') 
> Non-Tibetan Publication [217 titles published, incl. a scholarly 
> periodical 'The Tibet Journal'); * ANNOUNCEMENT (Buddhist Philosophy, 
> Tibetan Language); * BOOKS PUBLISHED - English Publications [450 titles 
> published]; * EDUCATION - Courses Provided (Buddhist Philosophy (Session 
> I, Session II), Tibetan Language (Beginners, Advance, Intensive)); * 
> PROJECTS (Project List, Cholka-sum Project [sub-regional and regional 
> histories of Tibet, namely U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo regions - ed.], 
> Digitisation Project [digitisation of historical documents], Narthang 
> Project [digitisation of the mid-18th c. block printed Narthang edition of 
> a complete set of 102 volumes of Kangyur, and 224 volumes of Tengyur], 
> Science Project, Sung-Bum Project, Manuscript Project); *JOURNALS 
> (Journals Published, Tibet Journal [est. 1971, the index of Tibet Journal 
> from 1975-2005 is available online in PDF format] gTam Tshog, Science 
> Journal [Journal - pdf version (in Tibetan), Newsletter - pdf version (in 
> Tibetan) are available online] Hindi Journal); * AUDIO (Power of 
> Compassion, Online Buddhist Philosophy Class); * CONTACTS.
>
> URL http://www.ltwa.net/
>
> Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ltwa.net/
>
> Link reported by: Peg Adams (pegjune--at--yahoo.com)
>
> * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online 
> guide]:
> Corporate info./Study
> * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - 
> other]:
> Library
> * Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - 
> marginal]:
> V. Useful
> * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
>  - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 10
>
> - regards -
>
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> Publications Bureau, RSPAS,
> ANU College of Asia and the Pacific,
> The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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