27 Jan 2009

Center for Lao Studies (CLS)
The Center for Lao Studies, San Francisco, CA, US.
Self-description:
"The Center for Lao Studies was formed in 2006 as an outcome of the First International Conference on Lao Studies. It is a non-profit, public benefit organization, incorporated in the state of California. The mission of the Center for Lao Studies is to promote and advance the field of Lao Studies in all disciplines through research, education, seminars, conferences, and cultural and study abroad exchange programs.
As a resource center for the general public and persons of Lao heritage, CLS serves as a liaison with cultural organizations, universities, academia, associations, and institutions."
Site contents:
* About CLS (About CLS, Staff & Board, Affiliated Institutions, CLS Logo);
* Research & Programs (Research & Programs, Lao Studies Conferences, Study Abroad Program, Lao Oral History Archive, Lao-Am. of the Bay Area, Scholarship Funding),
* Publications (Publications, Journal of Lao Studies, News and Notes, Books);
* Resources Resources, CLS Library Resources, Media);
* Support Us (Support Us, 2009 CLS Pledge, Membership, Talat Lao, Donor's Wall);
* Contact (Contact, Join Our Mailing List).
URL http://www.laostudies.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract. Access to it has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./ Study/ Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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