Welcome to the James A. Blumenthal Library (JABL) at Maitripa College. The library currently holds over 5,400 titles in print and multi-media materials, comprised of English texts, videos of teachings and films, audio teachings and guided meditations, magazines and journals, as well as Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Chinese works. The collection is available to Maitripa College students, faculty, staff, and the public (through community memberships).
ONSITE STAFFING: Library Assistant
Monday 10-5 Pacific
LIBRARIAN: Linda Brown (library@maitripa.org)
Monday – Friday 9:30 – 3:30 Pacific
Please email or Schedule a meeting with the Librarian
SERVICES:
New student library orientation
Finding library materials
Reference and research assistance
Catalog and online database tutorials
Interlibrary loan (Students, Faculty)
Lending to other libraries
- Gale: Periodicals, journals, news articles, reference, statistics, images, audio, and video
- JSTOR: Academic journals, books, primary sources, thematic collections, images
- Research Databases
- Community Membership
- Donation of Funds
- Donations (Books/Materials)
- Wishlist (Alibris) – buy a book for JABL!
- Curriculum-based subject guides
- Additional reading, frameworks, and source materials for topics and courses in the current college curriculum.
- Subjects include Bodhisattva Ethics, Death and Dying, Lamrim, Tibetan Medicine, Madhyamaka and more.
- Subject Guides
- Classical Tibetan, Texts, Translation
(Subject Guide) - Maitripa College Translation Seminar Works
(Translations available upon request)
- Arts & Culture
- Buddhist Publications
- Classical Tibetan Language
- Faculty Publications
- Practice Texts, Instructions, and Prayers
- Resources For Research
(Dictionaries, Glossaries, Reference, Digital Libraries, Guides, Bibliographies, Academia)
