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About Us: Participants in the Tibetan and Himalayan Library
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library consists of a broad array of collaborating individuals, institutions, and communities. Its overall development is guided by an international advisory board consisting of prominent scholars, librarians, technologists, and community leaders in the field of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, geographical/cultural foci, and institutional bases. In addition, there are a variety of editorial boards responsible for more hands-on design and content development in specific structural components of THL. In addition, THL’s structural components are populated by scores of individual projects with their own administration ranging from a single participant to a large team of participants.
While the content is the result of many institutions and individuals, the underlying technical infrastructure is supported at the University of Virginia with support from the 
University of Virginia’s Library, the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, SHANTI, and ITC. Specific technical initiatives are also supported by a small but very talented group of volunteer technologists who have played a crucial role in the development of THL. We would also make special note of THL’s technical collaboration with Tibet University’s Engineering School and the Bhutan Ministry of Information and Communication.
We are presently in the process of launching a new application for documenting our projects, participants, and organizations in 2010. In the meantime, you can consult our editorial boards:
- THL Executive Board
- Architecture Collections Editorial Board
- Art Collections Editorial Board
- Environmental and Cultural Geography Editorial Board
- Environment Collections Editorial Board
- Geography Collections Editorial Board
- History Collections Editorial Board
- Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies Editorial Board
- Language and Linguistics Collections Editorial Board
- Literature Collections Editorial Board
- Medicine Collections Editorial Board
- Music Collections Editorial Board
- Natural Sciences Collections Editorial Board
- Religion Collections Editorial Board
- Special Collections Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Reference Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan Historical Dictionary Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Collections Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Community Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Educational Resources Editorial Board
- Tibetan and Himalayan Tools Editorial Board