14 Dec 2008

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
CAORC, Washington, DC, US.
Self-description:
"American Overseas Research Centers foster international scholarly exchange, primarily through sponsorship of fellowship programs which allow pre-doctoral and senior scholars to pursue independent research important to the increase of knowledge and to our understanding of foreign cultures.
These non-governmental institutions are seen by their host countries as the official arm of American higher learning. The private structure of the centers and the unbiased research they promote make them respected foci of American academia in the countries in which they operate. [...] The members of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers have centers in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Iraq, Jordan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Africa, West Bank/Gaza Strip and Yemen. They serve as a base for virtually every American scholar undertaking research in the host countries."
SIte contents:
* About Us;
* News;
* Centers (American Academy in Rome (AAR), American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS), American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR), American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS), American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS), American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS), American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS), American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI), Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Center for South Asia Libraries (CSAL), Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN), Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII), West African Research Association (WARA)); * Programs;
* DLIR [Digital Library for International Research]: (Online Catalog, E-Book Collections, Photo Archives, Map Collections, Journal Collections, Local Archives & Libraries, Participants, News and Notes, Program Funding, Contact Information, Staff Website). Highlights (Including: AIAS Kabul Center Hosts Lecture Series, CAARI Celebrates 30 Years, WARA Lecture Series - Spring 2008, Former AISLS Fellow Publishes New Book on Conflict in Sri Lanka's Eastern Region, ACOR Celebrates 40 Years, Pakistan Lecture Series 2008);
* Announcements.
URL http://www.caorc.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.caorc.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000