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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, ANU. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. The journal is complemented by its sister publication Pacific Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 2000.

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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Sep 2003
Vol. 10, No. 15 (199)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 8
Entries rejected: 10
The email edition of this Journal has now over 3280 subscribers.

10 Sep 2003
5star
Digital Books Index
Digital Books Index, Westport, CT, USA
Supplied note: "A fairly new site, Digital Books Index, which is free to users but commercially run (that is, there are links both to free texts and to Palm, MSReader, and other fee-to-read etexts), is attempting to round up such online resources. Besides the Gutenberg Project, academic etext/facsimile collections indexed so far: California (SunSite), Duke, MIT (Internet Classics), Virginia, Michigan (HTI), North Carolina, Oregon, Rochester (Camelot), Tufts (Perseus), Cornell, and Yale, also the National Academy Press and Library of Congress; Brock, McMaster, Toronto, York, and Creighton in Canada; Bristol in the UK and the British Library; Trinity College Dublin; Adelaide and Sydney in Australia; also 200 university presses. Bartleby, Bibliomania, NetLibrary, and several book publishers are also indexed - am."
[The site offers simple, swift and *direct* access to online digital books. Extensive subject headings used to classify more than 73,000 titles records include: Anthropology, Ethnology; Archaeology; Bibliography: Collections, Catalogues; Bibliography: Subjects; History & Area Studies: Asia & Central Asia, China, India, Middle-East; History: Discovery, Exploration: Middle East, Asia & Pacific History: Economic; Human Rights; Islam (History, Religion, Culture); Judaica (Jewish History, Religion, Culture); Literature & Texts: Persian / Arabian, Indian; Reference; Religion, Culture, History: Islam, Judaica, Buddhism; Religion: Hinduism, Shinto & Japanese Spiritual Practices, Taoism / Daoism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Jainism, Bahaism; Travel: Europe & Mid-East, Asia & Pacific; Womens Studies, History & Issues - ed.]
URL http://www.digitalbookindex.com/search001a.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.digitalbookindex.com
Link reported by: Al Magary (al@magary.com), forwarded by h-travel@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

09 Sep 2003
3star
China Update 2003: China: new engine of world growth - Sep 03
The Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "China Update 2003 China: new engine of world growth" Thursday 25 September [2003], 10am - 4.15pm Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, [Canberra]. [...] Twenty-five years of reform has transformed China from a centrally planned and closed system to a predominantly market-driven and open economy. So great has been the effect of this transformation that China is emerging as the new engine for world growth. This is the theme of this year's China Update, as usual bringing together leading figures in analysis of China's Economy and Business from the ANU and around the world. [...] This event is supported by National Institute for Asia and the Pacific and National Institute of Economics and Business and is presented by the ANU's China Economy and Business Program."
[A one page PDF document - ed.]
URL http://apseg.anu.edu.au/pdf/chupdate2003.pdf
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Richard Thomson (richard.thomson@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 30

08 Sep 2003
3star
The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
CIEE, Portland, Maine, USA
Supplied note: "The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) offers approximately 60 programs in over 30 countries and 40 subject areas. In the Asia Pacific region, we offer study center programs for university students who want to study abroad in Australia, China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam - ar."
Site contents: Students; Faculty & Administrators; Parents; Alumni; International Faculty Development Seminars; Annual Conference; Journal of Studies in International Education; About CIEE; About the Academic Consortium; Featured Program; CIEE News.
URL http://www.ciee.org/isp
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ciee.org/isp
Link reported by: Adam Rubin (arubin@ciee.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 300

07 Sep 2003
3star
Tibetan Studies in Dharamsala Program
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Supplied note: "This website describes Emory University's semester-long Tibetan Studies program in Dharamsala, India, which offers courses in Tibetan language, history, culture, and philosophy,as well as the opportunity for students to conduct independent field research. Students also directly experience diverse aspects of Tibetan life by attending the Dalai Lama's teachings, living with college students on a Tibetan campus, going on numerous excursions, doing volunteer work, and celebrating Tibetan holidays with friends. - td."
URL http://www.emory.edu/CIPA/PROGRAMS/SEMESTER/tibetanstudies.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.emory.edu/CIPA/PROGRAMS/SEMESTER/tibetanstudies.html
Link reported by: Tara Doyle (tndoyle@learnlink.emory.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 30

05 Sep 2003
4star
China's Tibet Online: Tibet and Tibetans in PRC Government Websites
Tibet Information Network (TIN), London, UK
TIN SPECIAL REPORT/ 05 September 2003/12 Pages/ ISSN: 3313-3315, 'China's Tibet Online: Tibet and Tibetans in PRC Government Websites' (9 pages) This report is also available as a PDF file (which includes Chinese characters): China's Tibet Online in PDF.
Site contents: * Introduction; * Overt control of information - structure of online information distribution [An analysis of 'Tibetinfor' ('China Tibet Information Centre', zhongguo xizang xinxi zhongxin, www.tibetinfor.com.cn) with additional comments about 'Tibetinfo' ('Tibet Information Web', xizang xinxi wang, www.tibetinfo.com.cn), 'TibetOnline' (xizang zaixian, www.tibetonline.net), as well as the development/investment portal 'TibetGuide' (xizang zhinan, www.tibetguide.com.cn) and the quasi-academic site 'China Tibetology Research Centre' (zhongguo zangxue yanjiu zhongxin, www.tibetology.com.cn) - ed.]; * Official news sites; * Local government and quasi-local entities; * Implicit control of information; * China's Tibet in Pictures; * Notes.
URL http://www.tibetinfo.net/news-updates/2003/websr/0309.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Tibet Information Network (tin@tibetinfo.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

03 Sep 2003
5star
Ottoman and Republican Archive Databases and Catalogues
General Directorate of State Archives, Prime Ministry, Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
Self-description: "You should register in order to search [online] archive catalogues   You can sign up for *free* in order to use catalogue search services. If you become a registered user, you can save the information that you find after catalogue search into your research file, and you can add and remove documents later. By visiting our archive, you can get the documents which are relative to information that you obtained after catalogue search. Contact: katalog@devletarsivleri.gov.tr "
URL http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/katalog/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Yasar Bul (yasarb@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Archives
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Sep 2003
4star
Encyclopedia entries on Japanese religiosity and syncretism
Kagawa Junior College, Japan
Supplied note: "Three newly released, interrelated articles with photos, based on in-situ research and interviews with Buddhist priests, for the East-West comparative Encyclopedia of Monasticism. For the study of Japanese religion (particularly Kukai's Shingon Buddhism), 'Shikoku, the Pilgrimage Island of Japan' and 'Mount Koya, Japan' will be of general interest. They also provide background for the full impact of 'Buddhist Syncretism in Japan,' which combines many Asian religions synchronically (T'ang/Heian period esotericism, sacred space, honji suijaku setsu, 'mandalization') and diachronically (animistic mountain worship, ancestors/tumuli, proto-Shinto and Shintoism, ancient Hinduism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, and Buddhism). - smcc."
URL http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/island.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Steve McCarty (steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Sep 2003
5star
AKWa: AusAID's Knowledge Warehouse
AusAID - The Australian Government Overseas Aid Program, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "AKWa is a database of documents [in PDF format - ed.] aimed at improving the quality of the Australian overseas aid program. It contains information drawn from AusAID's Knowledge Warehouse. AKWa includes lessons learned in delivering Australia's aid program, examples of good practice through the activity cycle, and a range of AusAID publications related to quality assurance and the evaluation of Australian aid projects and programs. You can browse AKWa by choosing from the 'View All Docs' options on the sidebar, or use the simple or advanced search options available within AKWa."
Site contents: * Search; * View all docs:
By Country (Burma; Cambodia; China; Ethiopia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Jordan; Kenya; Laos; Maldives; Mozambique; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Regional - North of Sahara; Regional - Other Africa & M.E.; Regional - South Asia; Regional - South East Asia; Regional - South of Sahara; Regional - South Pacific; Regional - Southern Africa; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Tonga; Tuvalu; Unallocated/Unspecified; Vanuatu; Vietnam); By DAC Sector; By Doc Type; By Form of Aid; By Topic (Activity Manager; Agricultural and Rural Development; Appraisal; Asset Maintenance; Baseline Data; Capacity Building; Commercial/Business; Contracting; Country Strategy; Design; Donor Coordination; Education; Effective Partnerships; Environment; Environmental Impact Assessment; Evaluation; Extension; Feasibility/Design Study; Gender Equity; Governance; Health; Humanitarian and Emergency Services; Impact; Implementation; Infrastructure; Law and Justice; Logical Framework Matrix; Memorandum of Understanding; Monitoring; Multilateral Organisations; NGO Package of Information; NGO Projects; Participatory Approaches/Methods; Partner Government Systems; Performance Information; Population Policies; Poverty; Program Approach; Project Cycle; Project Design Document; Project Management; Quality Assurance; Recurrent Cost Financing; Research; Review; Risk Management; Social Impact Assessment; Staffing; Stakeholder Consultation; Sustainability; Technical Advisory Group; Technical Monitoring Group; Terms of Reference; Training; Whole of Government Approach);
* Related Links; * Feedback; * Help; * AusAID Home.
URL http://akwa.ausaid.gov.au/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: John Ballard, forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30


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