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"The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1443-8976) was established 12 April 2000. It is modelled on its sister publication Asian Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 1994. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library.
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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1443-8976
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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Feb 2001
Vol. 2, No. 1(10)

For earlier materials browse the Past Issues - Archive
or search the Pacific Studies WWW Monitor database [forthcoming].
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 6
Entries rejected: 0

12 Feb 2001
3star
Pacific Archaeology at Otago
University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
Self-description: "We are involved in ongoing archaeological field projects in Micronesia (Marshall Islands), Melanesia (New Georgia/Solomon Islands) and Polynesia (Cook Islands, Hawaii, Niue)."
URL http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/index.html
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

12 Feb 2001
4star
The Micronesia Centre
Andrew Scourse, University of Cambridge, UK
Self-description: "The Micronesia Centre aims to provide a forum for the global promotion of amateur and professional scholarship and discussion concerning all aspects of prehistoric Micronesia, it aims to do this by making easily available the data presented in research reports published worldwide on relevant topics; centralizing Micronesia resources from the internet, educational establishments, printed materials and other media; and providing, as far as possible, a complete bibliography of useful literature on the subject."
Site contents: Help desk; Introduction; Search; Micronesia Profile; Forum; Index; FSM map; Papers archive; Bookshop; Bibliography; Abstracts; Events; Resources; Links; Photo Gallery; What's New?; Feedback
URL http://www.micronesia-center.com/
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

29 Jan 2001
3star
National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Supplied note: "The first ever National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians will be held on Jun 13-15, 2001 in San Francisco."
URL http://bioac.uky.edu/ncapal/
Link reported by: Liz Bryson (bryson@cfht.hawaii.edu), forwarded by Arlene Cohen (acohen@uog9.uog.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Jan 2001
5star
World Employment Report 2001
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland
Self-description: 'The World Employment Report 2001: Life at Work in the Information Economy' finds "that at the end of 2000 some 160 million workers are unemployed, most of them first-time jobseekers. [...]. Of these 160 million unemployed workers, about 50 million are in the industrialized countries [...]. In addition about 500 million workers are unable to earn enough to keep their families above the US$ 1 a day poverty line. These are almost entirely in the developing world [...] Over the next ten years, although the growth rate of the world's labour force will slow down, there will be still some 460 million new, young jobseekers. Only 3 per cent of them will be in all parts of Europe and North America. Two-thirds will be in Asia [...]."
[An annex to the Report lists statistics on (a) Information technology indicators (Internet hosts, Internet users, Estimated PCs, Main telephone lines, Mobile cellular subscriber, Digital cellular subscriber, Television receivers, Cable TV subscribers); (b) Labour force participation rate; (c) Employment to population ratio; (d) Unemployment rate, in all countries of the world including those in Pacific, Melanesia, Other Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia for the years 1990, 1995, and 1999 - ed.]
URL http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/publ/wer/index2.htm
Link reported by: Andy Carvin (acarvin@benton.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

16 Jan 2001
999star
Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (PIALA) mailing list
Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library, Noumea, New Caledonia
Supplied note: "Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives - PIALA - Discussion List [...] This list originated from an informal list maintained by Arlene Cohen at the University of Guam RFK Library. The purpose of this list is to provide an open forum for the posting and discussion of news and information relating to Pacific Islands Libraries and Archives. [...] SUBSCRIBING:Send a blank message to: join-piala@lyris.spc.int"
URL http://www.spc.int/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=piala
Link suggested by: Mark Perkins (markp@spc.int)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

02 Jan 2001
2star
Welcome to Pitcairn Island
private, USA
Supplied note: "The story of the settlement of Pitcairn Island by the mutineers on the Bounty. Describes life on Pitcairn after the mutiny and during recent times."
URL http://members.aol.com/ldsebastia/pitcairn/index.html
Link suggested by: Laurie Sebastian (ldsebastia@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

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