THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR    ISSN 1329-9778 URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Edited by: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek "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 virtually daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. This timely, reliable and impartial information is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. 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. Daily contents" summaries and evaluations published in this web edition of the Journal are disseminated also on the network via a mailing list. SUBSCRIBE to the MONITOR ! 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For abstracts of the most valuable resources see The Best of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor blog.   To subscribe, use the Monitor's subscription page. To input new material use Announce New/Improved Web Sites page. THIS ISSUE Entries accepted for publication: 7 Entries rejected: 5 The email edition of this Journal has now over 8,300 subscribers. The AS WWW Monitor does not necessarily endorse contents, or policies of the Internet resources it abstracts. Mailing list admin. page. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html#database Google Search past issues of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor Search WWW Search The Monitor Coverage: 2000-2008. Note: specific keywords/phrases work better than general ones. 23 Jul 2009 Census of India Office of the Registrar General, New Delhi, India. Self-description: "The Indian Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time tested exercise has been bringing out a veritable wealth of statistics every 10 years, beginning from 1872 when the first census was conducted in India non-synchronously in different parts. To scholars and researchers in demography, economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics and many other disciplines, the Indian Census has been a fascinating source of data. The rich diversity of the people of India is truly brought out by the decennial census which has become one of the tools to understand and study India." Site contents: * Search Website; * What's New (00-144-2001-Cen-Book(E). (Books), Marital Status and Age at Marriage. (Books), Workers and Non-Workers. (Books) more ...); * [2001] Census Data Summary (1. National summary data, 2. India at a glance, 3. States at a glance, 4. District profile, 5. Census data finder, 6. Projected population, 7. Report on P.E.S. (2001 Census), 8. Meta data); * Census Data Online (1. Administrative divisions, 2. Population, 3. Economic activity, 4. Socio-cultural aspects, 5. Migration, 6. Disability, 7. Languages and Mother Tongues, 8. Households population, 9. Area profile of India, states & districts, 10. Village Directory, 11. List of towns with population, 12. Census reference tables); * Maps (1. State maps, 2. Theme based maps, 3. Town maps, 4. Maps Products, 5. [Interactive] Census GIS India); * Data Products [Search for our Data Products]; * About Us (1. Census Organisation in India 2. Our network of offices 3. Personnel across our offices 4. Contact Us); * Population Finder (by village/town Name or by State); * Census Data Shop; * Multipurpose National ID Card; * Vital Statistics (Sample Registration System, Publications, Vital Rates, SRS Bulletins, View Baseline Survey 2004, Report of the Technical Group to Provide Technical Specifications, Summary-Report on causes of death: 2001-03 in India); * Library (1. Census reading, 2. Old census reports [Census of India, 1941 Census of India, 1931 Census of India, 1921 Census of India, 1911 Census of India, 1881 Census Tables, 1941 Census Tables, 1931 Census Tables, 1911], 3. Data Processing Activity, 4. Acts and Rules). [A bi-lingual (Hindi, English) site. Note: the former web site at http://censusindia.net/ is no longer operational - ed.] URL http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/ Corporate Info. * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Government * 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 3000 23 Jul 2009 Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) Duisburg-Essen University, Essen, Germany. Self-description: "The Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST, established in 1994, is a Research Center of the University of Duisburg-Essen, engaged in both research and graduate education on East Asia. With more than 25 scholars from different disciplines in the social and economic sciences, IN-EAST is the most comprehensive university institute committed to contemporary East Asian studies in Germany. Chinese and Japanese Studies are the main focus of the research program and graduate curriculum." Site contents: * About us; * Study Programs; * Information for Students; * Research (CURRENT JOINT PROJECTS: #Risiko in Asien. CONCLUDED JOINT PROJECTS [freely dowloadable in PDF format]: #Stability and Change in East Asia, #Multilingualism in Japan, #Stability and Commercial Information - The Economic Relevance of Institutional Design Within the Information System, #Japan's Construction Lobby Activities and Their Spatial Impact - Systemic Stability and Sustainable Regional Development, #Is Local Democracy Paving the Way for Political and Social Stability? Implementation and Political Effects of Village and Urban Inhabitants Elections in China, #Employment Diversification in Japan: The Case of Temporary Dispatched Work, #Stability in Instability. China's TVEs and the Evolution of Property Rights. CURRENT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS: #Chan-Mi Strueber, under the direction of Werner Pascha - Korean Foreign Direct Investment in Europe, #Karen Shire, with Karin Gottschall - Gender and Comparative Institutional Studies in Embedded Capitalism - the Cases of Japan and Germany, #Werner Pascha - Expats or Locals? On the Choice of Senior Management in German Subsidiaries in Japan, #Markus Taube - General Analysis of Areas of Competitiveness of EU Industrial and Service Sectors vis-a-vis China, #Markus Taube - Consumer Behaviour in China, #Markus Taube - Evaluation of the European Commission's Co-operation and Partnership with the Peoples' Republic of China, #Markus Taube - Industrienahe Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik der chinesischen Regierung, #Karen Shire, with Margret Borchert and Heinz-Ulrich Hoppe - VIP-NET Virtual Working and Learning in Project-Based Networks, #Karen Shire (with GLOW Network) - Globalization, Gender and Work Transformation, #Werner Pascha - Recent Developments at KOPRA - International Internship Platform (www.kopra.org), #Werner Pascha - Intraregional and Interregional Economic Relations in East Asia, #Werner Pascha, Ingo Meierhans - New Mechanisms of Economic Policy in Japan, #Thomas Heberer, Wolfgang Grunow - Administrative Reforms in Germany and China in Comparison (2): Decentralised Policies, Environment Policy as a Case Study, #Thomas Heberer - Innovation of Local Administration in China and Germany in Comparison, #Thomas Heberer - Theory and Application of the Concept of "Strategic Groups" - Scope and Limitations of a Social Science Paradigma between Structure and Action. CONCLUDED INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS [freely dowloadable in PDF format]: #Karen Shire - Gender and the German Knowledge-Based Economy (2005-2006), #Claudia Derichs and Mark R. Thompson - Dynasties and Female Political Leadership in Asia, #Karen Shire, with Ursula Holtgrewe - Global Call Center Project (2004-2006), #Thomas Heberer and Anja Senz - An International Comparative Study on Village Governance: Case Studies (2005-2006)). Research posters [19 research posters]); * Publications (Institute Report [#1-1993/94 to #14-2007/2008], Green Series [at present 79 Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Studies, incl. #79 (2009) - Th. Heberer, A. Senz - Task Force: Entwicklungspolitik und -strategien in Ostasien am Beispiel der chinesischen Umweltpolitik, #78 (2008) - W. Pascha, C. Storz - How are Markets Created? The Case of Japan's Silver Market, #77 (2008) - W. Pascha, U. Holtschneider (Eds.) - Task Force: Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan and Austria, #76 (2008) - Yu Keping - China's Governance Reform from 1978 to 2008. #75 (2008) - Th. Heberer - Task Force: Entwicklungspolitik in China: Herausforderungen, Loesungsstrategien und deutsch-chinesische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit]); * Media (Expertises, Media appearance, Press releases); * News (News, Search in News, Archive); * Summer School 2009; * Contact; * Intranet; * Sitemap; * Search. [A bi-lingual (DE, EN) website - ed.] URL http://www.uni-due.de/~hy0382/ Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.] Link reported by: Bernhard Seliger (seliger--at--hss.or.kr), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./ Study * Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 21 Jul 2009 Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi, India. Self-description: "The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) established in the memory of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India, Located in the majestic Teen Murti House, the official residence of the first Prime Minister of India, it has four major constituents namely, a Memorial Museum, a Library on modern India, a Centre for Contemporary Studies and a Planetarium." Site contents: * About Us; * Museum; * Library; * Oral History [Recorded interviews with V V Giri, Charan Singh, Madame Emile Sehenki (wife of Subhas Chandra Bose), Lord Louis Mountbatten, N G Goray, R Palme Dutt, Harekrushna Mahtab, S K Patil, Aruna Asaf Ali, N G Ranga, Y B Chavan, B T Ranadive, Gulzari Lal Nanda, Jagjivan Ram, S A Dange, C Subramaniam and K P S Menon. Details of these recordings or their contents are NOT available online - ed.]; * Projects (Rajaji Project) [web pages under construction - ed.]; * Seminars (Seminars and Lectures, Centre for Contemporary Studies [schedules and details of the above items are NOT available online - ed.]); * Publications (Publications [apparently, some 70 books - ed.], NMML Newsletter, Book Review Index, Contemporary India [details or contents of the above four items are NOT available online - ed.]); * Contact Us; * Latest News [web pages under construction - ed.]; * Events [only generic information is available online - ed.] URL http://www.nehrumemorial.com/ Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.] Link reported by: Ramachandra Guha (ramguha--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info. * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum/Library * Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30 21 Jul 2009 National Mission for Manuscripts (Namami), India National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi, India. Self-description: "The National Mission for Manuscripts was established in February 2003, by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India. A unique project in its programme and mandate, the Mission seeks to unearth and preserve the vast manuscript wealth of India. India possesses an estimate of five million manuscripts, probably the largest collection in the world. These cover a variety of themes, textures and aesthetics, scripts, languages, calligraphies, illuminations and illustrations. Together, they constitute the 'memory' of India's history, heritage and thought. These manuscripts lie scattered across the country and beyond, in numerous institutions as well as private collections, often unattended and undocumented. The National Mission for Manuscripts aims to locate, document, preserve and render these accessible -- to connect India's past with its future, its memory with its aspirations." Site contents: * About Us (History, Objectives, Performance Summary, Structure of the Mission, Mission Directory); * Indian Manuscripts (What is a Manuscript, Knowledge Areas; Materials, Sizes and Shapes, Scripts and Languages); * Partners (Manuscript Resource Centres, Manuscript Conservation Centres, Manuscript Partner Centres, Manuscript Conservation Partner Centres, MRC-MCC Map); * Downloads; * FAQ's; * Manuscripts in Focus; * Calendar of Events; * Database ["Kritisampada"] (Search [Title, Author, Script, Language, Subject or Material] Kritisampada online database, Search [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu And Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal, West Bengal] for Manuscript repository in different districts of India); * Photo Gallery; * Documentation of the Manuscripts (Manuscript Database, National Survey, Post Survey, Cataloguing Manuscripts, History of Cataloguing); * Manuscript Studies (Concept, Training, Scripts); * Conservation (Concept, Manuscript Conservation Centres, Manuscript Conservation Partner Centres, Special Field Labs, Standards for Conservation, Conservation Training, Support Services, Research, Indigenous Methods); * Digitization (Concept, Our Programmes, Standard Guidelines, Sample of Images); * Publication (Lectures, Seminars, Bi-monthly publication, Catalogues, Critical Editions, Standards for Conservation, Standards for Digitization); * Outreach (Lectures, Seminars, School Programme, University Debate, Manuscript Treasures; Exhibitions, Memory of the World). * Contact us; * Search. URL http://www.namami.org/ Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.namami.org/ Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info. / Study/ Documents * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Government * 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 20 Jul 2009 China Media Monitor Intelligence (CMM-I) CMM Intelligence Ltd, Beijing, China. Self-description: "China Media Monitor Intelligence (CMM-I) is the leading independent business to business intelligence resource for the Chinese media industries. Since 1990, CMM-I has provided domestic and international corporate and institutional clients with continuous tracking, development analysis, proprietary products and consulting services for the mainland Chinese media market." Site contents: * What's New; * Information Products (China Media Monitor, China Media Yearbook, EU Programming Guide, World TV Guide); * Media Events (Shanghai TV Festival, Reed Midem and Reed Exibitions); * Consulting (Representatives, Reference Projects, Speaker's Bureau); * Sector Reports (Policy, TV, Film, Print, Radio, New Media, Advertising); * CMM-I News; * Advertise with Us; * CMM-I Shop; * About Us; * Contact Us. * China Media Facts [as of Jul 2009 - ed] (Population 1.32 bln Households; 399 million; National TV Penetration 96.6%; Cable TV Subscribers 151.18 mln; Digital TV Subscribers 26.16 mln; Average Satellite Channels Received (Nationwide) 22; Average Channels Received Per Urban Household 61; Average Channels Received Per Rural Household 36; National Broadcaster CCTV; TV Drama Production 14,670 episodes; TV Animation Production 101,900 minutes; TV Drama Production Studios 2,511; TV Advertising Revenue RMB 51.9 billion; Internet Users 210 million; Online Advertising Spend RMB 10.6 billion); * Search. Supplied note: "CMM Intelligence Ltd is proud to announce the release of our 2009 China Media Yearbook & Directory, the most comprehensive insiders' guide to developments in the world's most complex and dynamic media market. The China Media Yearbook & Directory makes sense of the incredible changes in the China media market with a unique three-in-one format comprising * detailed editorial analysis of major developments in 2008 and predictions for 2009, * an extended statistics section with proprietary data from leading sources, and * a fully updated directory of the major media players in China. [...] To order the yearbook, please visit our online shop [the pricing of some the CMM information products could make even a very stout-hearted researcher with a very obese wallet faint - ed.] or download an order form - hs." URL http://www.cmmintelligence.com/ Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cmmintelligence.com/ Link reported by: Helen Sun (helen--at--cmmintelligence.com) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./ Study/ News * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business * 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]: over 3000 [in fact, 4540 external links] 17 Jul 2009 Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), ANU College of Asian and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Self-description: "The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Pambu, copies archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands. The aim of the Bureau is to help with long- term preservation of the documentary heritage of the Pacific Islands and to make it accessible. Pambu microfilms comprise the most extensive collection of non-government primary documentation on the Pacific Islands available to researchers. Pambu welcomes suggestions for copying projects, particularly when the material is in danger of loss or destruction." Site contents: * About the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; * Microfilm catalogue [search fields: Author, Title, PMB Number, Notes - ed.] * OMPA catalogue [information on the microfilmed records of the Catholic Church in islands of the Western Pacific entrusted to the Marist Order as a field of evangelisation - ed.]; * Printed publications [15 titles in Jul 2009 - ed.]; * Audio recordings [46 titles in Jul 2009 - ed.]; * Online research materials (Digital Photograph Collection, Papers on Pacific archives, Shineberg Database of Indentured Labourers in New Caledonia, Sample Catalogue of South Seas Photograph Collections); * Pambu newsletters (from Pambu 2 - Nov 1995 to Pambu 26 - Jul 2009); * Current projects; * Contacts; * Ordering from Pambu; * Links (Internet Resources, Some of Pacific Manuscripts Bureau's partner organisations, Micrographics Partners, Libraries, Archives and Museum session, Pacific History Association Conference, 2008). URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/ Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/ Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/ Study/ Online Guide/ Corporate Info. * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic * 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 16 Jul 2009 e-Asia Digital Library University of Oregon Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, US. Supplied note: "e-Asia [est. 2001 - ed.] is a library of downloadable full text (currently over 4000 items -- primarily books -- are available.) Focus is on China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea (South and North). While most items are in Western languages, there are many items in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. e-Asia also offers audio, video, and special collections. - rf." Self-description: "The e-Asia project is funded by the University of Oregon Library through the generosity of Nissho Iwai. By building a collection of digitized e-books and a database of full text web resources, e-Asia strives to contribute to the research and scholarship of East Asia. While the e-Asia project is based largely on resources held at the University of Oregon Library, its purpose is neither to duplicate nor displace printed traditonal materials. Rather, by providing searchable full text, the digitalization efforts of e-Asia represent a new tool aimed at facilitating the information-gathering process. e-Asia has no library hours because it is available 24 hours a day on the web; there is no waiting in line at the circulation desk, and there is no check-out period for e-Asia books; the books that you download become, in effect, your books." Site contents: * About e-Asia (About e-Asia, Contributors, Contact Us); * Maps (Maps of China, Maps of Japan, Maps of S. Korea, Maps of N. Korea, Maps of Taiwan, Other Maps); * Images (Images of China, Images of Japan, Images of S. Korea, Images of N. Korea, Images of Taiwan); * Audio [MP3 Format - ed.] (Sounds of China, Sounds of Japan, Sounds of Korea, Sounds of Taiwan); * Film [Flash Format - ed.] (Chinese Cinema, Japanese Cinema, North Korea Cinema, South Korea Cinema, Taiwan Cinema, Other Cinema); * Projects (China Projects, Japan Projects); * Special Collections; * Search e-Asia by Keyword; * Browse/Search e-Asia by Subject (China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Other E-Books); * Browse Alphabetical Listing by Author (China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Other E-Books); * e-Asia's Most Recent Additions (China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Other E-Books); * e-Book Formats (General guides, Standard pdf, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, Stanza (iPhone, iPod), Other formats); * Other Digital Libraries (Google Books, Internet Archive, Aozora Bunko, Project Gutenberg, Distributed Proofreaders, China-US Million Book Digital Library Project, More library collections). URL http://e-asia.uoregon.edu/ Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://e-asia.uoregon.edu/ Link reported by: Robert Felsing (felsing--at--uoregon.edu) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/ Documents/ Online Guide * Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library * 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 1,000 Copyright (c) 2009 by T. Matthew Ciolek URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html