Operation of the media list
We have an extensive collection of media (books, recordings, videos, photographs) to Buddhist themes.We also have recordings of most Teachings, which have taken place at our center.All media can be borrowed, the copies of he teachings can be borrowed or purchased.The audios that are recorded on minidisk (MD) or cassette tapes (MC), are now available in digital form as MP3 files and can be copied from us for a voluntary donation to a USB flash drive, or burned to a CD.If you want to buy or borrow something, please contact one of our librarians.
With the Search function you can search for authors or titles. However the search is not performed in the content of the media.
The list of media can be sorted by to every column. For this you have to click in the appropriate column-header of the table. Each time you click, the sort order changes for upwards rsp. downwards sort.
Scheme of Numbering
The media are categorized as follows:
Books
The books are divided into different categories, which are designated by colors. The numbering starts within a color category all over again. To designate a book clearly, you have to give color and number, e.g. Green 3, Red 5, ...
The meaning of the color categories:
| red | Dalai Lama (all languages) |
| green | English books |
| blue | German books |
| yellow | Lama Yeshe/Lama Zopa (all languages) |
| white | picture books (all languages) |
Other media (Audios, Videos, Photos)
The category Audio includes Music-Cassettes, Mini-Discs, Audio CDs or MP3 CDs.
The category Video includes VHS-Cassettes and DVDs.
All media except the books are provided with a multi-digit number, separated by dots, each of which has a meaning. This at first glance complicated numbering ensures a unique identification of the media and conforms to the international ISO standard for unambiguous identification of objects.
The structure of the number and meaning of the individual figures:
<media type>.<format>.<carrier medium>.<medium-number>.[<content number>]
Mediatype
This is the main type of the medium (book, audio, video, ...)
1 = Book
2 = Audio - Audible medium (lectures, music on CDs, cassette tapes, MiniDiscs, ...)
3 = Video - Motion pictures (movies, video DVDs, VHS tapes, ...)
4 = Photo - Photographs
5 = Multimedia
6 = Documents
Format
In what format is the content encoded? (Purchasable CD, MP3, ...)
1 = CD (audio format on commercial CDs)
2 = MP3 (compressed audio format. Compression factor compared to CDs, about 10 times smaller)
3 = DVD (video format on commercial DVDs)
4 = VHS (Magnetic video and Tonspurauf VHS cassette)
5 = MC (Magnetic sound track on cassette)
6 = MD (magnetic sound track on mini-discs)
7 = Photo (all photo formats such as jpg, gif, png, tiff, ...)
8 = Multimedia (All Formats)
9 = VCD (video format for CD)
10 = MPG or MPEG (video format)
11 = PDF
Carrier medium
On what kind of carrier medium the content is stored (CD, DVD, ...)
1 = CD
2 = DVD
3 = HD (hard drive on a computer)
4 = VHS (VHS videotape)
5 = MC (Music Cassette)
6 = MD (MiniDisc)
7 = Web (On the website stored)
8 = Paper
9 = E-Reader
A certain content can be presented in different formats on various carrier-media.
Example: MP3 on CD, MP3 on DVD, MP3 on the Website, book on paper, book on e-reader, ...
Example
A Teaching was originally recorded on a music cassette, the number that indicates the content unambiguously is 113.
--> The complete meida-number of this recording is 2.5.5.113
2. Mediatype=2 --> Audio
5. Format=5 --> MC (magnetic track on music-cassette)
5. Carrier=5 --> MC (music-cassette)
113 content number
Afterwards this teaching has been converted into an MP3 file and burned onto a CD.
--> The new media-number is now: 2.2.1.113
2. Media type=2 --> Audio
2. Format=2 --> MP3
1. Carrier medium=1 --> CD
113 Content number