By Dr. Alexander Berzin | Author and Executive Director of Berzin Archives
Work on expanding the content of the various language sections of the Berzin Archives website has been continuing at a fast rate over these last three months. We have put online our twentieth language section, Persian, and have completed translating and editing all the material necessary for starting our next language section, West Punjabi. The final steps for putting this section online will now begin.
Our project developer and web analyst has now moved to Berlin and we have added a technical writer to our Berlin-based staff. With this expanded technical team, we have begun making an in-depth analysis of our present work-flow protocols and compiling a handbook containing detailed documentation of all the procedures involved. This is in preparation for increasing the efficiency of our web management system and for choosing a computer data base that might automate some of these processes. The aim is to free me of some of the administrative and managerial functions I now perform so that I can focus more on expanding the English content of the website.
As part of the planning phase for the upgrade version of the website, we have continued with user research and analytics through our online survey for improving its usability. We have also undertaken research and analysis of other similar websites to ascertain their strong and weak points, also for helping to optimize the usability of the upgrade version.
On May 14, I met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Frankfurt and reported the progress that has been made on the website project. I then outlined the plans for the upgrade version that will transform the website into an interactive educational tool, offering massive open online courses (MOOC) in a variety of languages. His Holiness was extremely supportive and advised on further topics to include on the website.
The Tibetan tradition holds a vast treasure of knowledge, especially concerning the workings of the mind and emotions. As the guardian of this treasure, His Holiness the Dalai Lama always stresses the importance of sharing this knowledge with the world through educational programs. When combined with the findings of modern science, the wisdom of Tibet can contribute great benefit to the world. With your ongoing support, we can continue to play a role in fulfilling the promise of this enlightened vision.
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