Speaker: Susan Meinheit, Tibetan and Mongolian Specialist, Library of Congress
Moderator: Kristina Dy-Liacco, Tibetan Studies Librarian, C.V. Starr East Asian Library
This event is part of the MTSP "Women in Tibetan Studies" Series, with funding from the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. The event is co-sponsored with the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University.
With a career spanning 47 years at the Library of Congress, Susan Meinheit has had a pioneering role in the development, management, and conservation of the Library of Congress' vast Tibetan collection, one of the largest in the world. From her first LC position as a library clerk, it was through her area and language expertise -- combined with sheer determination -- that she essentially carved out her role as steward and champion of LC's long-neglected early TIbetan holdings which were based on the collections of three major scholars of Tibet and southwest China and acquired by LC in the early 1900s. Meinheit will talk about the early history of the collection; the growth of the collection through the PL-480 Books program with India, and achievements in bringing wider visibility of the Tibetan holdings through major cataloging and digitization initiatives.
Hybrid event. In-person location: International Affairs Building, Room 918.
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