The Library and Information Center of DILA

The Library and Information Center of the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA) is a research library specializing in Buddhist studies. The library has more than 70,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 550 current newspapers, making it one of the largest collections of Buddhist studies in East Asia.


The Library and Information Center has one of the largest collections of canonical editions in the world. The Library and Information Center has more than 70 editions of the Buddhist Canon in various texts and languages: Chinese, Tibetan, Manchu, Sanskrit, Pali, Japanese, English, Thai, Burmese, Khmer, Laotian and Dai, among others. The Library and Information Center has an extensive collection of precious Burmese palm leaf manuscripts, and in 2008 the Library and Information Center acquired a large collection of Tibetan text microfiche, including the Library of Congress collection PL480 and various editions of Kanjur and Tanjur. The Library and Information Center provides access to all digital editions of the Buddhist Canon, such as CBETA, TBRC, ACIP, CSCD, etc.

In addition to these Buddhist study tools, The Library and Information Center provides the electronic version of Siku Quanshu (四庫 全書, Complete Library of the Four Treasures), the BAS bibliography databases, the electronic journal databases such as JSTOR and Religion ProQuest and other services.