Advancing cultural sovereignty through the digital preservation of traditional texts at the National Library of Mongolia and Ganden Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. Also led preservation efforts at Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharkhorin—the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and the site of the ancient Mongol capital, home to Genghis Khan.
- Project funded by a U.S. State Department grant.
Ganden Monastery Library Vault
Teaching the monks how to scan and digitize their texts.
A ten-year-old monk quickly mastered the digitization process using an English only Apple device—simply by observing.
Unpacking the equipment we carried from New York and setting up the work stations.
Textile restoration at Ganden.