Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
ACN 005 701 806 ABN 42 611 496 488
33 Brooking Street, Upwey,
Victoria Australia 3158
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THE JOHN D. HUGHES COLLECTION SOURCING LIFETIMES OF LEARNING
Providing a Heritage Multilingual Reference Library for Buddha Dhamma Scholars and Practitioners
PRIVACY
STATEMENT Members agree with our organisation’s policies
on its management of personal Information Privacy Principles
(IPP).
This document is available to anyone who asks for
it.
This is in compliance with Principle 5 (on openness) of
Schedule 1 of the Information Privacy Act 2000, which contains
Information Privacy Principle (IPP) No.5 Openness.
Since
inception, the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. has had an
active policy of not keeping case studies of Members.
Collectively
through shared confidences of Members over many years, there is
likely to be some Member or other who understands “sensitive
information” or an opinion about an individual’s –
(i) racial or ethnic origin; or
(ii) political
opinions; or
(iii) membership of a political association; or
(iv)
religious beliefs; or
(v) membership of a professional or trade
association; or
(vi) membership of a trade union; or
(vii)
sexual preferences or practices; or
(viii) criminal record –
that is also personal information.
The list of
references is from Schedule 1. of the Information Privacy Act
2000.
Our Centre collects some of this information for our
research purposes.
All Members are bound to confidentiality
of such information to third parties.
Reference: Guidelines
to the Information Privacy Policy (IPP) Part 1. Office of the
Victorian Privacy Commissioner. May 2000.
Our Library is a
private library, useable by Members by appointment.
On 25 May
1989, the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. acquired the John
D. Hughes Collection.
Our Heritage Collection has been
sourced by the Founder of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey)
Ltd., John D. Hughes, for over four decades and continues to grow as
a multilingual reference library.
It consists of an extensive
range of Buddha Dhamma reference material to assist in the
cultivation of Buddha Dhamma practice and provides a comprehensive
resource for Buddha Dhamma study and research.
Our Collection
is the oldest Buddha Dhamma library in the state of Victoria,
Australia, at the same site. We are listed by Australian Libraries
Gateway, a web based directory at www.nla.gov.au/libraries
The John D. Hughes Collection includes:
Reports of Bhavana courses and Teachings held at the Centre
Rare and valuable Buddha Dhamma Texts including the complete Buddha Dhamma Canon
Commentaries by renowned Buddha Dhamma Teachers
Buddha Dhamma ‘Books of Guidance’ in English and various foreign languages
Buddha Dhamma journals and newsletters
Audio tape recordings of Buddha Dhamma Teachings
Buddha Dhamma artefacts and ritual objects from all traditions and original works of Calligraphy
Video recordings of Buddhist Monks and Nuns and lay persons
Buddha Dhamma data warehouse including electronically formatted texts and pictures
In-house journals
Historical memoirs of key events of Buddha Dhamma
A Buddha Dhamma data base of global proportions
Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and reference books
Chan Paintings by John D. Hughes
Several websites
Dhamma
Teachings on-line Every week, new information and photographs
are added to our web sites. THE VISION At
present on site, we operate between being a second and third rate
e-library with thousands of searchable files. To date, this resource
is not available on-line. SETTING THE PLATFORM In this information age, data management
and ease of access to the library Collection is the most important
object. CURRENT PROJECTS
TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES We are the Buddha Dhamma library of
last resource.
DEVELOPMENT In anticipation of the
future expansion to the John D. Hughes Collection, the Buddhist
Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. has developed progressive growth
plans for our library. GLOBAL
ACCESS The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. intends to
make our Collection more accessible to Dhamma Scholars and
Practitioners World Wide via the ongoing development of a website
catalogue and a comprehensive series of web sites and e-business
strategies.
THANKING FRIENDS AND HELPERS OF OUR LIBRARY
We like to grow our resources each year. We wish to
thank our many friends and helpers of the library for their ongoing
assistance, and thank them for signing our Privacy
Statement.
INCREASING RESOURCES We have 7 web sites operating now:
NEW SPECIAL ON-LINE ABHIDHAMMA TEACHINGS AT
We teach Abhidhamma every Tuesday
evening and place the study notes on-line at
www.bddronline.net.au.
INVITING YOUR INVOLVEMENT It is rare to meet with written Buddha
Dhamma.
Membership is still available To become a
member or to obtain information on library resources please contact
our President, Mr. Julian Bamford B.A.App.Rec., on mobile 0400 267
330.
Chan
painting by John D. Hughes in our Collection.
An example is, Chanhphy
Manivong’s book titled The
Way You Are Looking For: A Manual of Insight Meditation.
It is available for your study to read online at
www.bdcu.org.au.
Recently, weekly Abhidhamma Teaching notes
have been placed on-line.
Under the direction of resident
Teacher, John D. Hughes, the Centre has developed a library resource
that became a satisfactory 21st Century Centre.
by September
2002, we had catalogued 4,115 books. The catalogue is available on
Internet.
Our current development goal for the library this
year is to become more constantly a second rate library. At present,
the Collection has many examples of the World’s best Buddha
Dhamma reference materials and artefacts.
We plan to make
these visible to the general public via Internet.
These items
require digital photographing and putting on-line.
Our Chief
Information Officer is Leanne Eames B.A. M.A.
Our Joint
Librarians are John D. Hughes Dip. App. Chem. T.T.T.C. GDAIE and
Anita M. Hughes RN Div 1.
Our new version of the development
plan has the integrity, wisdom and maturity to become a 21st Century
Super Centre. Our vision for the early 21st Century is to achieve
the status of a first rate library by World Standards of the
time.
In order to meet the objectives for our library this
year, the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. is implementing
modern operating systems.
We require more library assistants
to train in our systems.
Library
Viewfinder
We
are an e-business.
The Centre has developed an affordable, user friendly
cataloguing system that can be accessed for on-site cataloguing and
is further developed for Internet access.
Our present choice for
cataloguing the Collection is the US software package
“Organize...”(Windows version). This is affordable and
scaleable.
Browse
the library catalogue
We seek multiple copies of Buddha Dhamma
literature in printed and electronic forms. Our Guardianship Policy
provides one copy of a text or commentary for loan, provided that we
have five copies in the Collection.
As the custodian of the
John D. Hughes Collection, the Centre is implementing security
protection systems to ensure that the Collection will be useable by
future generations.
We have a 500 year life for the library
in mind.
The Centre’s Hall of Assembly is to be upgraded
to an approved fire rating and providing more integrated external
sprinkler systems.
Our catalogue is updated regularly to add
new material. This is closely monitored to protect the Collection
from unauthorised access and deletion of information.
At
present we estimate we have a year and one half cataloguing backlog.
We are making new effort to overcome this
backlog.
This is detailed in our report to the
Standing Sub-Committee of the Senate inquiry into libraries in the
online environment 2002.
We operate two on-line Local Area
Networks (LAN) and are planning a third faster LAN suitable for
rapid viewing of photographs and tables.
We are an associated institution of The World
Buddhist University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Our web site
www.bdcu.org.au contains information about our Centre, a working
catalogue of the John D. Hughes Collection, Buddha Dhamma Teachings,
images and many blessings.
We are listed on the Australian
Libraries Gateway - a web based directory of Australian libraries
run by the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
By
becoming a Member, we encourage you to access our information bases
for research purposes. We invite you to participate in our Centres’
activities and/or to donate books and journals, to help yourself by
helping others.
http://www.bdcu.org.au
http://www.bdcublessings.net.au
http://www.companyontheweb.com/buddhamap
http://www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext
http://www.bsbonline.com.au
http://www.bddronline.net.au
http://www.buyresolved.com.au
We
are increasing the number of our websites. The John D. Hughes
Collection still requires monetary donations to fund these
worthwhile projects. We invite the donation of Buddha Dhamma texts,
commentaries and Dhamma material to assist with the growth of our
Collection now and throughout the 21st Century.
This will
help us create a more complete reference resource and allow Buddha
Dhamma Scholars and practitioners to research topics.
Your
donation will aid practitioners to maintain our Heritage Collection
and will aid in the development of the library, as we have a policy
of collecting five copies of a text before we lend one copy.
Your
contribution to the Collection will not only increase our library’s
holdings, but will also contribute to lifetimes of learning and
preserve Buddha Dhamma material for future practitioners. Our
guidelines specify 500 years at least.
No Tax deductibility
is available for these gifts.
Your donation is a meritorious
action and will set many good causes for this life and your future
lives.
WWW.BDDRONLINE.NET.AU
Your involvement now, will increase the probability
of you meeting with written Buddha Dhamma in the future.
We
encourage Buddha Dhamma practitioners to involve themselves in the
activities at the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. to make
the vision for our library achievable.
May you be well and
happy.
Our Joining fee is $44.00 including GST.
Our Annual
Membership fee is $44.00 including GST.
Our Annual Library
Membership fee is $44.00 including GST.
We are planning a
online library newsletter for the general public.
To become a member or to obtain information on library resource please contact Anita Svensson at the Centre.
http://www.bdcublessings.net.au
http://www.companyontheweb.com/buddhatext