New items in the Library:

New Depository - Sept 2001

New Non-Bahá'í Acquisitions - March   2002

The Bahá'í World Centre Library is a depository library specializing in publications about or related to the Bahá'í Faith. The collection consists, as of 2001, of nearly 64,000 titles (over 150,000 items) in some 700 languages. It includes over 2,500 periodicals, as well as Braille books, posters, maps, microforms and CD-Roms. Another resource is a file of over 35,000 newspaper clippings about the Bahá'í Faith. More than 8,800 audio-visual titles have been processed through the Library. These are held in the collection of the Audio-Visual Department of the Bahá'í World Centre.
Reference works and background material on Islam and other religions, on Iran, and of general interest to the Bahá'í World Centre institutions are acquired for permanent retention. Professional publications for departmental and office use are all acquired through the Library as well. The Library obtains newspapers and general news publications for the information of Bahá'í World Centre institutions and offices.

[updated 23 April 2001]