Edited by
Dr
T. Matthew Ciolek
Est.: 21th June 1995. Last updated: 20 May 2010. This document is a part of
the
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Australian aid to the Pacific (www.ausaid.gov.au, Australia)
[The fragile states of the Pacific (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue and Tokelau, Regional Pacific, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatuare especially vulnerable to developmental decline due to their small size, lack of economic diversity, remoteness from major trade and commercial sectors, and weak governance frameworks.]
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY RESOURCES
Anthroglobe Bibliographies (Anthroglobe, Canada) [Includes bibliographies from Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga]
Hawaiian Newspapers, War Records, and Trust Territory Image
Repository (U Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiii, US)
(Images of Hawaiian
language newspapers published from 1834 to 1948; war-time photographs from the
Hawai'i War Records Depository (HWRD); The Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands included the Micronesian archipelagoes of the Marshalls,
Carolines and Marianas during the U.S. administrative period from 1947
to 1994. The archive contains over 52,000 photographs]
Pacific Internet Sites (National Library of Australia, Canberra) [A site developed by the National Library of Australia to collate Pacific Internet sites, for use by library users]
The Pacific Islands Ring [The "Pacific Islands Ring" is a Web Ring designed to bring together site on the World Wide web that relate to the islands of the Pacific]
Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (www.uog.edu US) [The Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (PIALA) is the newest regional association of librarians and archivists to be formed in the Pacific area. The association was formed to address the needs of Pacific Islands librarians and archivists, with a special focus on Micronesia. ]
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (ANU, Australia) [The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau is a nonprofit organisation established in 1968. Located in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, it is sponsored by a group of seven major libraries specialising in Pacific research.]
Pacific Studies Initiative Syllabus and Bibliography Collection Online
(U. of Hawaii Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Kapiolani Comm.
Coll. Library, & East-West Center, Honolulu, US)
[Instructional materials for teaching about the Pacific Islands in a
wide range of specialized courses on the Pacific as well as
nonspecialized courses that may facilitate teaching about the Pacific
in general humanities and social science courses. The [PSI] site is
created to make materials available to faculty, students, and
professionals throughout the world. The
sponsors invite new submissions so that the site
will continually transform and develop. Comments and suggestions are
welcome.]
Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library
(Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia/Nouvelle-Caledonie)
[Home page of SPC Library. Includes library catalogue, other databases,
collection access information (for reference or document delivery),
links to member states and territories websites, email lists for contents pages of regional magazines
A bi-lingual (FR/EN) site]
South Seas BUBL (Victoria U, New Zealand) [Bulletin Board for South Seas Librarians]
South Pacific Books - USP Book Centre (USP, Fiji) [This site provides information about books and videos relating to the South Pacific, with emphasis on Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia]
LIBRARIES
Australian National University Library (anulib.anu.edu.au, Canberra, Australia) [The ANU has a distinctive collection of the history and society of the Pacific (particularly PNG and other parts of Melanesia). Current publications from the Pacific relating to development.]
State Library of New South Wales (www.sl.nsw.gov.au, Australia) [Home of the Mitchell Collection - one of the most important collections of Pacific Island related material]
National Library of Australia (www.nla.gov.au, Australia) [The National Library of Australia has a rich collection of Pacific materials, which include books, manuscripts, paintings, newspapers and microfilm collections. These have been built since the early 1900s based on existing collections acquired from private individuals. ]
Pacific Collections (National Library of Australia NLA, Australia) [The National Library of Australia's Readers Guide with sections on what the library holds; the reference collection; maps; microfilms; newspapers; and Internet sites.]
Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP, Hawai'i, US) [ADAP addresses common Pacific Island-based agriculture and community issues through cooperative research, extension, and instruction programs that are culturally appropriate, socially acceptable, economically viable, and environmentally compatible.]
European Society for Oceanists (ESFO) (cc.joensuu.fi, Finland) [The society addresses itself to researchers with a regional interest in Oceania. "Oceania" is defined as comprising the classic geographic areas of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. ]
Pacific Genweb Project (www.rootsweb.com/~pacifgw/, US) [PacificGenWeb links to Pacific Countries and Territories, and their genealogy resources]
ARTS, FILM, AND LITERATURE
Bess Press (www.besspress.com, Hawaii) [Commercial site specializing in textbooks on Hawaiian history, language, culture and science; Pacific history and culture; Asian and Pacific languages; and reference works.]
COMMERCE AND TRADE
Asia-Pacific.com (www.asia-pacific.com, US) [Strategic business information on the Asia Pacific with access to data, experts, news, analysis, and other resources]
Pacific Business Connections (www.bizconnections.com, Samoa) [Commercial site with databases and other information services catering for business interests in the Pacific.]
Pacific Islands Business Network (PIBN, Hawaii) [The Pacific Islands Business Network (PIBN) is a project of the United States-Pacific Islands Nations Joint Commercial Commission (JCC) being carried out by Pacific Islands Development Program of the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. PIBN serves as an information conduit to provide purchasing agents, overseas investors, and individual consumers with details about products and services available in JCC member Pacific Islands states.]
South Pacific Trade Commission (SPTC, Australia) [The South Pacific Trade Commission (SPTC), is an agency of the Fiji based Forum Secratariat. The SPTC, Sydney provides a comprehensive business support service for South Pacific Island based business activities in Australia.]
Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS, Universities of Newcastle & Wollongong, Australia) [A project to study social transformation in the Asia Pacific region, grew out of the Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (AMPRN).]
Carving Out: Development in the Pacific (www.abc.net.au/ra/carvingout/, ABC Radio, Australia) [Programs explore a number of themes facing the Pacific with regard to development and other concerns including fishing, land and governance.]
AusAID - Country Profiles - South Pacific (AusAID, Australia) [The Australian Agency for International Development Country Profiles online, with briefs on each of the Countries that AusAID is involved with as well as information on projects. Papua New Guinea has its own section given the special funding relationship it has with Australia]
Pacific Development Directory (Development Resource Centre, New Zealand) [The Pacific Development Directory brings together, for the first time, a catalogue of agencies with a shared concern for aid and development in the Pacific region. In doing so it supports New Zealand’s own vision of equity, growth, and sustainable development for the Pacific Islands in our home region.]
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (www.prel.org, US) [Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) is a nonprofit corporation that serves the U.S. in the Pacific region. PREL helps Pacific schools improve educational outcomes for children, youth, and adults by providing research, development opportunities, training, technical assistance, group facilitation, information resource activities, dissemination, and evaluation services.]
ENVIRONMENT
Ocean 98 (www.ocean98.org, UNESCO, Netherlands) [Sets out to create awareness for all aspects of oceans, seas and coastal waters. OCEAN98 shall promote the 1998 OCEAN YEAR to recognize the wisdom of and encourage the action to protect the oceans, and to use its resources in a sustainable manner. The activities will fall within the fields of competence of UNESCO and UNEP education, science, culture, communication, and environment ]
Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) (www.vulnerabilityindex.net/, Fiji) [SOPAC page to pursue the development of an environmental vulnerability index consistent with the Barbados Programme of Action and the needs enunciated by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).]
Corruption and Accountability in the Pacific (ANU, Australia)
[Papers presented at the Corruption and Accountability in the Pacific Workshop, held at the ANU as part of the SSGM project]
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project (Australian National University, Australia) [The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project is an outstanding example of collaboration between university and government sectors. The Project was conceived in December 1994 when Pacific Islands specialists in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) of the Australian National University (ANU) agreed that there was an urgent need to address issues of governance and state-society relationships in the Melanesian region.]
See also Pacific Region Resources - Part 2
Maintainer: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au), ANU, Canberra
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'Alopi Latukefu. Copyright Dec 1999 - present by T. Matthew Ciolek. Between Jan and mid-Apr
2000 this page was co-edited by Peter Raftos.
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