The UPF Library will incorporate a bibliographical collection that includes about 2.000 volumes of monographs and pamphlets linked to Tibetan culture and Buddhism and other branches of Buddhism and comparative religions, thanks to the donation made by the Aynó-Sabater family.
This fund was compiled by Enric Aynó Sagols (who was secretary of the House of Tibet) as a result of the effort, the care and acquisition work he did throughout his life, in accordance with the deep vital and human interest he professed in Tibet and the Tibetans.
his widow, Conxita Sabater, and his son, Sergi Aynó Sabater, They have donated the collection to the UPF, a transfer that has been initialed by an agreement that both have signed, along with Jaume Casals, rector of the university, during an event that took place today 11 April in the morning at the Rectorate.
Three representatives of the UPF Library were present at the signing ceremony. (Montserrat Espinós, director; Xavier Brunet, head of the Social Sciences and Humanities Unit and Xavier Ibanez, head of the Logistics Unit), friends of the Aynó-Sabater family and Montserrat Vives, deputy general secretary of the UPF, and who has been the person who has acted as an intermediary so that the donation was made effective.
l given bibliographic background, which will be located in the Les Aigües Library building on the Ciutadella campus, is completed with digital material, formed by some 200 CD's y DVD's de música y rituales tibetanos; a dozen books from this Asian country; three volumes from the 19th century; maps, posters, tourist and monument brochures, in addition to works about nearby countries, like India, China or Mongolia.
The thematic of the donation focuses on the different elements that make up the Tibetan identity (culture , religion, language, etc.), Meditation, buddhism, both Tibetan and other branches, and comparative religions.
Under the signed agreement, The UPF undertakes to take charge of the transfer of all material to its facilities, the cataloging and processing of this collection (before the end of the year 2015), to always inform about the origin of the works, which will be identified as " Donation from the Aynó-Sabate familyr" and to indicate the provenance on all documents given with an exlibris facility by donors.
The donation will expand the Oriental Studies Fund
All this material will enrich and complete the bibliographical collection of Oriental Studies, considered the most important in the country in this area, and that includes more of 7.500 documents multidisciplinary content. Covers a wide geographical area, that runs from Pakistan to Japan, and has been part of the UPF Library since the year 1992, when the Bachelor of Humanities was created.
The most notable fund is the one that refers to China, thanks largely to a donation made by Nicolai R. Welsh. It also includes documents on humanistic themes given, inter alia, by Dolores Folch and Manel Ollé, professors of East Asian Studies at UPF.
