BDRC is making a major effort to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is better informed about Buddhism. With generous financial support and inspiration from Khyentse Foundation, in December 2025 BDRC launched a major project to create open-source Tibetan Buddhist datasets for AI. For over three...
In this blog post, we want to share a side of BDRC that few see: our history of repatriating physical books; the paper, ink, and generations of craftsmanship that form the foundation of our work. While we are best known for our digital archive, this is...
BDRC invites applications for the position of Executive Director. Please see the information below and share with anyone in your networks who might be interested. Summary The Board of Directors of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) invites nominations and applications for the position of Executive Director....
After seven years of service, Jann Ronis will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC). During his tenure, Jann provided steady leadership through a period of significant transition, growth and challenge. He advanced BDRC’s mission to preserve and provide access to Buddhist...
Most people have never seen a Tibetan typewriter let alone had a chance to use one, but here we share some photographs from the University of Vienna that provide a close up view of how they operated. ...
BDRC plans to digitize 150 important Tibetan texts from the collection of our founder, E. Gene Smith. All have unique content and are previously unpublished, or are important specimens of old xylographs or manuscripts that need to be digitized in full color. ...
The Buddhist Digital Resource Center announces the release of a breakthrough Optical Character Recognition (OCR) app for Tibetan....
Announcing a major update to the Buddhist Digital Resource Center's digital library, BUDA! Explore the new beta version at beta.bdrc.io and share your feedback—it's essential to helping us improve. This update is based on your valuable input, and we're excited to share four key new...
BDRC's most recent collaboration with the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is the digital preservation of hundreds of never-before-published texts from their renowned Manuscripts Division. ...
Read about a major milestone in technological innovation of the Tibetan language as the open source software suite LibreOffice's latest update supports an important feature of Tibetan: very long paragraphs....