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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Aug 2000
Vol. 7, No. 120

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 12
Entries rejected: 5

26 Aug 2000
4star
Formosa: Nineteenth Century Images
Reed College, Portland, OR, USA
Supplied note: "This digital library gathers together a large body of primarily European and American images of the island of Taiwan - called "Formosa" by manyforeign visitors in the 19th Century - and its various peoples. These woodcuts, maps, linguistic data and textual representations were originally published in European and North American books and journals during the 19th Century but are not easily accessible to those interested in the history of Taiwan. Note: A fast internet connection and a higher quality monitor are suggester for users of this site."
Site contents: Introduction; Maps [90+ maps]; Texts [approx 30 electronic texts]; Images [100+ woodcuts]; Linguistic Data [seven tables of word lists]; Timeline [under construction]; Search; Feedback; Credits.
[A great site, alas overdependent on fancy Java programming. It can be illegible or crash, when viewed with browsers earlier than Netscape 4.6.- ed.]
URL http://web.reed.edu/academic/departments/history/formosa/index.html
Link suggested by: Douglas Fix (douglas.fix@reed.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

25 Aug 2000
4star
HKUST Library Pinyin Conversion Project
University Library, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HK, China.
Supplied note: "The HKUST Library is pleased to announce that the computer programs we have developed for converting the Wade-Giles romanization to Pinyin in our bibliographic records are now being offered for other libraries to use. The computer programs and detailed instructions can be found on the Library Web site at [the URL below]. Along with the main conversion program, there are also a few useful utility programs, explanations on the rules used, and an account of our conversion project. We hope by sharing this information, our experiences will be of use to other libraries which are planning for their conversion."
Site contents: HKUST Library Conversion Project; Software (Program documentation, Copyright and License, Download [1.7 MB, requires Windows 95/98/2000/NT]).
URL http://library.ust.hk/info/pinyin/pinyin.html
Link suggested by: Louisa Kwok (lblouisa@ust.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

25 Aug 2000
3star
Association Francaise d'Etudes Chinoises (AFEC)
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France.
Supplied note: "Founded in 1980, the French Association for Chinese Studies (AFEC) aims at bringing together students, teachers and researchers concerned with Chinese studies. Since Jan [2000], AFEC has a website (in French). Updated every month."
Site contents: Vie de l'association; Etudes Chinoises: les sommaires des numeros de la revue de l'AFEC; Sinologie et Entreprise: un atelier qui fait le lien entre le monde de l'economie et la sinologie; Activites sinologiques en France et dans le monde : expositions, seminaires, colloques, conferences. Bibliographie: aides la recherche sinologiques (liens avec des bibliographies, des bibliotheques), liens avec les listes de nouvelles publications, avec des revues, etc...; Sinologie et Internet: liens vers les siteweb des adherents et vers des sites de ressources.
URL http://assoc.wanadoo.fr/afec/
Link suggested by: Annick Le Gall (annick.legall@wanadoo.fr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Aug 2000
3star
Indonesian Studies Newsletter
University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia.
[An online publication of The Indonesia Council, Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) (coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/). The Web edition of the Newsletter starts mysteriously with issue No 26 (Jul-Sep 1999) and is linked both to electronic copies of earlier editions (from Sep 1996 onwards) and the subsequent ones - ed.]
URL http://intranet.usc.edu.au/wacana/isn.html
Link suggested by: Charles Coppel (c.coppel@history.unimelb.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Aug 2000
3star
European Commission Delegation to five South East Asian countries
Bangkok, Thailand.
Supplied note: "About EU-related activities in 5 countries of South East Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia."
URL http://www.deltha.cec.eu.int
Link suggested by: Emma Boulestreau (emma.boulestreau@deltha.cec.eu.int)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 Aug 2000
4star
European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)
SOAS, University of London, UK
Self-description: "The purpose of the Association is to promote and foster, by every possible means, all scholarly activities related to Chinese studies in Eur ope. The Association shall not engage in any political activity."
Supplied note: "The website of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) has recently been redesigned and improved. It contains, [possibly], the largest collection of links related to Chinese Studies in Europe."
Site contents: 81 links to institutes of Chinese Studies in 19 European countrie s; 72 links to libraries with Chinese collections in 14 European countries; Direct link to the website of the XIIIth EACS conference (Turin, Italy, 30 Aug - 2 Sep [2000]) (hal9000.cisi.unito.it/eacs.con/); Links to other Chinese Studies conferences in Europe; Links to European museums with collections of Chinese art; News about vacancies in Chinese Studies at European institutions; Online editions of the EACS Newsletter and links to other publications in the field; Links to other European associations for Chinese and Asian Studies. An online discussion forum.
URL http://www.soas.ac.uk/eacs/
Link suggested by: Michel Hockx (mh17@soas.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Aug 2000
1star
Guide to Pakistan
www.pakistanguide.fsnet.co.uk, UK
Self-description: "Welcome to Jamie Al-Nasir's Guide to Pakistan, here you will discover the culture and beauty of the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan a nd NWFP (Northern Areas) with photography and basic historical information."
[A collection of annotated photographs - ed.]
URL http://www.pakistanguide.fsnet.co.uk/
Link suggested by: Pakistan (news@pakistanguide.fsnet.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

21 Aug 2000
999star
Vaergall: Tamil e-magazine
Thamizhar Kalam, India
Supplied note: "Vaergall is a Tamil monthly magazine that is being published from Thiruchi in Tamilnadu; and it pursues the cause of the right of self-determination to Tamils and their national liberation."
[A monolingual site which requires Tamil fonts - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/tamilvaergall
Link suggested by: Arimaavalavan (vaergall@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

21 Aug 2000
3star
HuayiNet: Chinese Overseas Databank
The Committee on Chinese Overseas Databank, Singapore
Self-description: "An online resource on ethnic Chinese materials available in t he collections of the nine institutions represented in the inter-agency Committee o n Chinese Overseas Databank, Singapore. [...] HuayiNet also covers collections of other institutions and individuals in Singapore and elsewhere in the world. This site provides a calendar of events, a bulletin board, a forum for discussion, an d linkages to other relevant sites on the subject."
URL http://www.huayinet.org/
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Aug 2000
2star
Aayvarann: a Tamil Research Group
Aayvarann, Bangalore, India
Supplied note: "A research group working on the cause of the right of self-determination to Tamils and their national liberation."
[The site requires Tamil fonts. Some of the online material is in English - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/aayvarann
Link suggested by: Samuel Gunaseelan (aayvarann@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

21 Aug 2000
4star
Working on religious culture in China
Barend J. ter Haar, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Self-description: "Unlike many Internet resources, this bibliography aims to incorporate both traditional style printed works and on-line resources.[...] Religious culture in China is taken by me to refer to those activities (includin g writing) in sinitic (or sinitic influenced) culture that give meaning to birth, disease, life and death, or that provide explanations and solutions to all kinds of problems by invoking an extra-human referent or dimension. It does not include early 'Daoist' works such as the Daodejing or the Zhuangzi, except when they have been incorporated in a larger religious context."
Site contents: Finding Internet resources; Finding books and articles (Raw bibliographies, Annotated bibliographies, Book reviews); Finding information (General introductions to Chinese religious culture Finding information on Chinese religious culture Introductions to Daoist traditions, Research guides on Daoist traditions, Introductions to Buddhist traditions, Research guides on Buddhist traditions); Words and terms: dictionaries and encyclopedias (Buddhist, Daoist, General); Finding texts (Dunhuang texts, Buddhist texts, Daoist texts, Precious Scrolls) Sourcebooks, anthologies, translations (General, Daoist, Buddhist); Journals on Chinese religious culture; On bibliographical work.
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/chinrelbibl.htm
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 Aug 2000
3star
Australia-Japan Research Centre
Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) is responsible for a bi-nationally funded research program established to enhance understanding of both countries' strategic interests in the Asia Pacific economy and Asia Pacific economic cooperation."
Site contents: Research; Teaching; Visitors; Awards; Publications; Grad.Students ; Staff & Assoc.; Conferences & Seminars; Database; Secretariats; Links.
URL http://ajrcnet.anu.edu.au/
Link suggested by: Marilyn Popp (marilyn.popp@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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