Bahai Library Online

Library etcetera / notes / history

  1. About Bahá'í Library Online. Background of this private, non-profit library: credits, history, content, ownership, notes.
  2. About the Bahá'í Faith (-). Starting places for studying the Bahá'í Faith: introductory books, articles, and magazines etc.
  3. Jonah Winters. Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future (2022-05). Notes written for the 25th anniversary of this website.
  4. Brett Zamir, comp. Book Search: Jump to any page of the Sacred Writings or Primary Literature (2005). Jump to any page in any book of the Sacred Writings. See also Random page.
  5. Contact us, send corrections, or submit a document.
  6. Contributors and assistants (2000). List of people who have donated significant amounts of time to building the Bahá'í Library (now outdated).
  7. Brett Zamir. Copyright options for submissions to the Bahá'í Library Online (2006).
  8. Jonah Winters. Diacritics and transliteration (2002).
  9. Download Bahá'í Library Online: Database (2013/2020/2024). Download the Bahá'í Library databases. Download direct from archive.org, or by BitTorrent.
  10. Download Bahá'í Library Online: Offline Archive of All Files (2024-09). Downloadable version of entire website, designed for use on your computer without need for internet. Download direct from archive.org, or by BitTorrent.
  11. Featured Pieces. The Bahá'í Library Online posts a large amount of material, and interesting items can be overlooked. To highlight noteworthy additions, we select some to "feature."
  12. Featured Updates. List of items that have a significant update or new version, but are not new.
  13. Jonah Winters. Glossary of internet-related terms (1998). A document created in 1998, when many users were new to the Web, explaining some common internet terms. Retained for historical interest.
  14. Brett Zamir. Indexes of Books, and Miscellaneous Sections of the Writings Not Yet Included Elsewhere Online (2005). All of the published Sacred Writings are available online, but these items are usually scanned without inclusion of indexes, reference tables, and other content. This is a list of links to them
  15. Links to Bahá'í blogs, resources, organizations.
  16. Jonah Winters. List of useful published resources for Bahá'í Studies (1998). A (now-outdated) bibliography of academic books helpful to Bahá'í studies.
  17. Jonah Winters, Brett Zamir. Notes on Copyright (1998). Notes about various copyright schemes followed by the Bahá'í Library Online, with links to the US Library of Congress' copyright information website.
  18. PDF Support (-).
  19. Pilgrims' Notes, Status of. "Pilgrims' Notes" are unofficial records of meetings with central figures of the Bahá'í Faith, like 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. They may contain inaccuracies, and are not considered authentic, but can be of help, guidance and inspiration.
  20. Jonah Winters. Proposed Changes for Version 6 (2024-07-01). Some structural or systemic improvements necessary for future Bahá'í Library expansion 2025-.
  21. Brett Zamir, comp. Random page: Sacred Writings (-). Jump to a random page of the Bahá'í Writings. Useful for exploration of the Bahá'í Writings, learning something new, or refreshing on something old. May be bookmarked for repeated use.
  22. RSS Feeds (-). Really Simple Syndication page for new Bahá'í Library content.
  23. Site Map.
  24. Sites hosted by the Bahá'í Library Online (-). Collections or website projects maintained by individuals; most are no longer maintained.
  25. To-Do List and Features Requests (2003-2015). Changes planned, requested, in-progress, or one-day hoped for.
  26. Jonah Winters. Vision Statement / Mandate of the Bahá'í Library Online (2003 / 2010). Early description of content, intent, and functioning of the Bahá'í Library Online. Now outdated, but still a serviceable statement of purpose.
  27. Jonah Winters. What is a Content Management System? (2003-08). A brief overview of the technology underlying the Bahá'í Library Online circa 2003, and why this technology represents the next step in the Internet's evolution [since this essay was written, the term Web 2.0 has been popularized for said "next step"].
  28. Jonah Winters. What's New in Version 4 (2012-01). Some useful search and interface changes for 2012, in conjunction with the 15th birthday of the Bahá'í Library.
  29. Jonah Winters. What's New in Version 5 (2013-2024). Updates to BLO code. (This page was originally a list of structural improvements for Bahá'í Library and its expansion, planning for which began in 2013, and a redevelopment team convened in 2021 and funded in 2023; then the project reset/forked in 2024).
  30. Graham Hassall. Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1999 (2000). Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1999; includes a progress report on the growth of the Bahá'í Library Online.
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