Jim Canary

Jim Canary, a Tibetan scholar and book conservator, has worked for nearly thirty years in conservation at the Lilly Rare Books Library, Indiana University, home to 450,000 books and 7.5 million manuscripts. He is a member of the Guild of Bookworkers, as well as a key member of Paper Road/Tibet, a project that aims to research the history of paper-making in Tibet, revitalize the tradition of hand paper-making by hand in Tibet, and encourage and introduce new methods of recycling clean wastepaper and alternative fibers.