SPECIAL EVENT!  Tuesday, October 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm:  Remembrance, Celebration, and Re-dedication of the James A. Blumenthal Library. 

Please join us for the 10-year anniversary of the passing of Maitripa College founding member, Dr. Jim Blumenthal.  This event will include ritual, remembrances, and a ceremony encompassing the re-dedication and celebrating the expansion of the James A. Blumenthal Library at Maitripa College.  Open to all but PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RSVP to let us know you are coming!

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). 

LIBRARY HOURS:  Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
LIBRARIAN: Linda Brown (library@maitripa.org) Please email or visit the library for assistance with any requests
SERVICES: New student library orientation / Finding library materials / Reference and research assistance / Catalog and online database tutorials / Interlibrary loan (ILL) / 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
  • 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