Today H.E. Ambassador U.Batbayar had met with Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin, the ACMS Executive Director, and Dr. Saruul-Erdene Myagmar, the Founder of the Mongolian Cultural Center and the Mongolian Specialist at the Library of Congress, to strategize the future partnership activities to bring the field of Mongolian studies in North America to new heights.

As part of their ongoing collaboration dialogue, the parties resolved a) to support the Mongolian Cultural Center’s annual Mongolian Studies conference in the first half of 2022; b) to support the ACMS North American Mongolian Studies Digital Library Consortium Project, which aims to create a single portal that curates all Mongolian studies digital collections in North America; and c) to develop a North American Mongolian studies Cultural Heritage encyclopedia. With the broad strokes agreed, the parties pledged to host the next meeting with extended stakeholders and specific agenda.