Varied and complementary activities

RELATIONS WITH PUBLISHERS AND DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH

The librarians maintain relations with french and foreign editors in order to be informed of their latest publications. Through the years, close links have developed with:
- Publishers: Éditions Dzambala, Rabsel Éditions, etc.
- Buddhist institutes: the Karmapa International Buddhist
Institute and the Shri Diwakar Institute in India
- Tibetan scholars: khenpo Chödrak Tenpel Rinpoché, khenpo Ngédön, khenpo Chöchok
- Researchers in Tibetology, Buddhist philosophy, compared philosophy, sciences, etc.
These numerous partners facilitate the research on themes, people who held a major role, or about a precise epoch. The fruit of this research is published in the form or articles, please visit resources and news. (comming soon)

ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION

Works are acquired according to the demands, the new publications and the money available. Our acquisition policy gives priority to rare documents and works published in few examples, threatened to disappear. Once acquired, the works are inventoried, stamped, catalogued, and archived. The data base is continually enriched by document analysis and the creation of indexes, karchaks in Tibetan. This allows for a rapid and efficient research in the holdings of the Tibetan collections as well as western.

TEXT TRANSLATION AND PROOF-READING

Certain librarians are also translator-interpreters. They translate oral and written teachings from the scholars and Buddhist masters. They assure that the transcripts from oral teachings are proof-read and corrected, which are then edited in the form of booklets.

RECEPTION AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC

The opening to the public is planned for summer 2013.