The is a tool to manage your Bookshelf. You can install new works to your Bookshelf, and update or remove existing works from your Bookshelf. Access it by clicking → in the main menu.
If this is the first time you are starting BibleTime, click on the Refresh button to see a list of works provided by the Crosswire Bible Society.
Here you can specify where BibleTime may store your Bookshelf on the hard drive. You can even store it in multiple directories. The default is "~/.sword/" on *nix and "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sword" for Windows.
If you have a sword CD, but do not want to install all the works on the hard disk, but use them directly from the CD, then you can add the path to the CD as one of your bookshelf paths. When you start BibleTime, it will show all works on the CD if it is present.
With this facility, you can connect to a repository of works (called "library"), and transfer one or more works to your local Bookshelf. These libraries may be local (e.g. a SWORD CD), or remote (e.g. Crosswire's online repository of SWORD modules, or another site offering SWORD modules). You can install other sources by clicking on when you have dialog open. You can manage your libraries with and .
To begin the installation or update process, select a library you want to connect to and a local Bookshelf path to install the work(s) to. Then click on . BibleTime will scan the contents of the library and present you with a list of works that you can add to your Bookshelf, or that you already have installed but are available in a new version in the library, and thus can be updated. Then you can mark all works that you want to install or update, and click on . They will then be transferred to your Bookshelf.
This facility allows you to delete one or more of the works from your Bookshelf too free up disk space. Simply mark the items and click on .