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Vol. 5, No. 67

10 Nov 1998

TransCaucasus: A Chronology
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), USA
Self-description: "A chronological summary of the significant social, economic and political events in the lower Caucasus, as reported by local and international media and selected sources in the region. Full acknowledgment should be given to all material quoted from or based on this publication. Compiled and written by Richard Giragosian. Edited and designed by Christopher Hekimian. ISSN 1078-3113."
[Archived issues of an email edition of a free electronic journal. The journal is densely packed with detailed information - ed.]
URL http://www.anca.org/tcc.html
Link suggested by: Richard Giragosian (giragosi@email.msn.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

09 Nov 1998

The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dharma Dictionary
Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal & Nitartha International
Self-description: "The Dharma Dictionary is an ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes more than 66,000 entries. [...] The Dictionary is a compilation of: * verified entries from existing dictionaries, word-lists and glossaries selected on a practical usage basis; * terminology used by translators of the present day who have received extensive teachings from living Buddhist masters; * selected definitions and clarifications from classical literary works; * information of literary personages, sacred places, and names of scriptures."
[The work is also published on CD ROM. It includes v.fast searching software for Windows 95. Also included is Jim Valby's own Tibetan-English Dictionary for DOS, Leonardo Gribaudo's database format which displays the dictionary in Tibetan script, and the dictionary in Mac format. For further details see http://home.earthlink.net/~rangjung/rypub/ry-dic.htm - ed.]
URL http://www.nitartha.org/Technology/Dictionary/dictionary.html
Link suggested by: Erik Hein Schmidt (rangjung@earthlink.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

04 Nov 1998

The Japan Foundation Asia Center
The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Self-description: "The primary objectives of the Asia Center [est. Oct 1995] are: (1) to promote mutual understanding through dialogue and exchange at various levels of society in the Asian region; and (2) to encourage international collaboration in coping with common problems in the region."
[The Center is a part of the The Japan Foundation (http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/index.html). Between Oct-Dec 1998 the Center organised a series of ten (10) public lectures entitled 'Central Asia Today' - ed.]
URL http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/region/index.html
Link suggested by: Mr. SATO Koji (Koji_Sato@jpf.go.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

04 Nov 1998

KK Agencies: Indian Books Cyberstore
K. K. Agencies, New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "We now have a completely revised & updated web site with our exhaustive catalog for searching & shopping online Indian publications of your interest [...]. We provide books on all subjects and tastes, ranging from archaeology to zoology, light-reading material to serious and scholarly works. Our database, originated from the live-cataloging of books [...] can be searched thru various fields -- Title, Author, Year of Publication, ISBN, Publisher, Place of Publication, & Subject, and also supports wildcards queries & search with Boolean methodology."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.kkagencies.com
Link suggested by: K. R. Mittal (kkagen@nda.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

04 Nov 1998

AsianDOC Electronic Newsletter
AsianDOC, The Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, OH, USA
Supplied note: "AsianDOC Electronic Newsletter 1:3 (October 1998) is [now] available [...] In addition to articles and notices in each department (Databases, Conferences/Meetings, Technical Corner, Reviews, Interest Groups), this issue includes a searchable index of authors, titles and cited websites.
AsianDOC (Asian Database Online Community) supports communication among scholars, researchers, librarians, and others developing and/or interested in electronic resources for Asian Studies. It is the official publication for [U.Frankfurt, Germany based - ed.]]Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources (SEER) (http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/seer/index.htm), an organization supporting developers of electronic resources in Asian Studies.
The deadline for submissions to be published in the next issue is December 13th [1998]."
[A straightforward, hardworking, and dependable site - ed.]
URL http://asiandoc.lib.ohio-state.edu/
Link suggested by: Maureen Donovan (donovan.1@osu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

04 Nov 1998

Chinese Communication Association (CCA)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Self-description: "CCA [a non-profit organization est. 1990 - ed.] is headquartered in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities."
Site contents: Message from President; What's New; Research Archives (Recent Publications, Research Archives by Time [1990-, 1980-1989, 1970-1979, 1960-1969] Research Archives by Focus [China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Other Chinese communities around the world], Research Archives by Channel [Print Media, Television/Radio/Movies, Cable/Telecommunications, News/Advertising agencies, Media in general, Speech/Intercultural/Interpersonal communication], Research Archives by Content: [News, Advertising/Public relations, Entertainment, Law/Regulation, History, Journalist/Audience/Public Opinion, Culture/Language, Theory/Research/Education, Dissertation on Chinese Communication]); Job Announcements; Membership Directory; Related Links (Academic Associations, Universities, Resource Centers, Online Journals); About CCA; How to Join.
[An exemplar of online clarity, energy and pragmatism. The site fully lives up to the Association's motto: 'Professional, Scholarly, International'. It clearly has no need (or time) for digital gimmicks or acrobatics - ed.]
URL http://www.sjmc.umn.edu/cca
Link suggested by: Dr Tsan-Kuo Chang (chang003@umn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

04 Nov 1998

South Asian Law Students Association
Georgetown University Law Center, USA
Supplied note: "The South Asian Law Students Association is planning its first North American Conference, to be held in the first quarter of 1999 in Washington, D.C.
Currently, the Conference organizers have set up a listserv to coordinate and plan the upcoming conference. To join the listserv, send an email to listserv@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU with the words SALSA subscribe [First_Name Last_Name] in the first line of the message.
We welcome correspondence from interested South Asian law students, academics, or professionals."
URL http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/9181/
Link suggested by: Krishna Kumar (kmkumar@earthling.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Nov 1998

Lieweila: A Micronesian Story (documentary film)
Lieweila Productions, USA
Supplied note: "'Lieweila: A Micronesian Story' is the first documentary film by and about the Refalawasch (Carolinians) of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). Known for their now-lost ability to navigate vast distances guided only by the stars and the swells of the sea, this resourceful people faces the challenge of cultural survival. Colonized over the past 150 years by Spain, Germany, Japan, and the United States, these newly naturalized U.S. citizens are struggling with rapid development and massive demographic change. In 'Lieweila', the Refalawasch tell the story of their history and culture while exploring how to preserve 'Tipiyeew', their ancestors' spirit of one-mind, one-voice, and one-heart."
[A promotional page with links to some information on the N. Marianas - ed.]
URL http://www.bewellnet.com/lieweila/lieweila.html
Link suggested by: Dr. Beret E. Strong (beret@tesser.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

03 Nov 1998

Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Supplied note: "Stone Bridge Press Publishers & distributors of Japan-related books & software."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.stonebridge.com/
Link suggested by: Don Best (sbpsales@stonebridge.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

03 Nov 1998

Moon Travel Handbooks
Moon Travel Handbooks, Chicago, USA.
Supplied note: "Moon Travel Handbooks is a [...] publisher of in-depth guides to Asia and the Pacific. The Booklist section at www.moon.com/book_list/ contains extensive bibliographies which might be useful to researchers looking for recent sources of information of travel in Asia and the Pacific."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.moon.com
Link suggested by: David Stanley (davidstanley@sympatico.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

03 Nov 1998

Meta-archive of non-Roman fonts
FAS Computer Services, Harvard University, USA
Self-description: "This page provides links to websites which make non-Roman fonts available for downloading, and to those with lists of links for non-Roman fonts on the web. Where possible sites are listed which focus on shareware and offer fonts for both Macintosh and PC. However, some of the fonts offered may require a small payment or may only be available for certain platforms; they are always noted as such. All of the links are checked on a regular basis".
[A well researched, and well annotated site. An adjacent page by the same author http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mittenth/ gives practical hints on choosing/configuring web browsers, and creating PDF documents in English and the vernacular - ed.]
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mittenth/fontarch.html
Link suggested by: Laurel Mittenthal (mittenth@fas.harvard.edu) & Maureen Donovan (donovan.1@osu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

03 Nov 1998

SALTA-LIST: South Asian Language Teachers Association List
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Supplied note: "SALTA is South Asian Language Teachers Association. We are introducing a new list-serv resulting from a meeting of SALTA members held at the annual convention of National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages in Philadelphia on September 25 to 27, 1998. [...]
Subscribing to SALTA-LIST
subscribe salta-list firstname last name
Send it to: listproc@ccat.sas.upenn.edu "
[A mailing list announcement. No URL is currently available - ed.]
Link suggested by: Dr. Surendra Gambhir (sgambhir@mail.sas.upenn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Nov 1998

The Family as the Foundation of Asian Culture - Apr 1999
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, USA
Supplied note: "Tulsa Community College with support from the Freeman Foundation and the Asian Studies Development Program is sponsoring a conference for educators: 'The Family as the Foundation of Asian Culture: Understanding the Family Through Asian Metaphors, Symbols, and Paradigms'. Sunday and Monday, April 11 & 12, 1999 at Tulsa Community College, Southeast Campus, 10300 E. 81st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma."
URL http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/asia/Family.htm
Link suggested by: Pat McCall (pmccall@tulsa.cc.ok.us)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Nov 1998

Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) Meeting - Jan 1999
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note: "The 1999 PNC Meeting is now called '1999 EBTI, ECAI, SEER & PNC Joint Meeting' [and] will be held on January 18-21 on the campus of Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. [...] The Joint Meeting will allow us the opportunities to exchange new ideas about collaboration and information on the fields such as Networking, Scientific Collaboration, GIS, [TEI - ed.], Library Cooperation, Museum, Buddhist Texts, Biological Database, etc."
[EBTI: Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative; ECAI: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative; SEER: Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources; GIS: Geographic Information Systems; TEI: Text Encoding Intiative. The conference provides a venue for nearly 90 papers and 3 workshops (meta-data, TEI, & GIS) - ed.]
URL http://www.sinica.edu.tw/PNC/calendar.html
Link suggested by: ASCC Director (SimonLin@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Nov 1998

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
The Getty Information Institute, Los Angeles, USA
Supplied note: "The TGN is the first automated source of hierarchically arranged geographic data that is global in scope. The TGN comprises records for nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places. It provides vernacular, English, and historical names, as well as background information about the places. The TGN is updated on an ongoing basis. Most of the place records in the TGN include geographic (lat/long) coordinates. The planned expansion of the TGN aims at the addition of names and other information to places already in the database, as well as the addition of historical places and historical hierarchies."
Self-description: "TGN [...] is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but with the potential for wide applications in related disciplines such as archeology, history and geography."
URL http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

03 Nov 1998

The National Library of Australia's Indonesian Acquisitions List, no.3, Oct 1998
The National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Indonesian Acquisitions List / Daftar Pengadaan Bahan Indonesia ISSN 0310-6659
Supplied note: "This issue lists new serial titles and new monographs acquired by the Library's Regional Office in Jakarta between March and May 1998."
Site contents: New Serial Titles; New Monographs (Bibliography and reference, Agriculture, Anthropology, Arts and culture, Communications and media, Demography, Development, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography and environment, Health, History, Industry, Labour economics, Language, Law, Literature, Politics and government, Religion and philosophy, Science and technology, Sociology, Statistics, Tourism); Appendix A: Serials and newspapers acquired for participants in the Indonesian Acquisitions Program; Appendix B: Serials and newspapers despatched by air.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/pub/ial/0398.html
Link suggested by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Nov 1998

Birzeit University - Our Voice
Birzeit University, West Bank/Palestine, Israel
Supplied note: "Our Voice is a new resource for those interested in issues relating to Palestine and the Middle East. It contains research, comment, articles by Birzeit University staff and students on politics, geography, history, economics and culture."
URL http://www.birzeit.edu/ourvoice
Link suggested by: Adam Hanieh (webmaster@birzeit.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

02 Nov 1998

Okinawa Prefecture's Home Page
Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, Japan
A bi-lingual (JP,EN) site.
Site contents: U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa (Military Base Problems in Okinawa, Aerial Photographs of U.S. Facilities); Overview of Okinawa; Tourism and Cultures (Crafts of Okinawa, Travel Information in Okinawa); Upcoming Events Government's Activities (Invitation of enterprises to Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Prefectural Govt Hong Kong Representative Office, The Cornerstone of Peace); Other Sites in Okinawa (The University of The Ryukyus; Okinawa International University; Okinawa Internet Service Providers; Local News Papers: The Okinawa Times, The Ryukyu Shimpo; Others: Miyako Municipal Association. Asia-Pacific Multimedia Hub Center of TAO in Okinawa Japan Regional Development Corporation)
[A site without a proofreader: cf. 'Tsubaya pottery creates a serene atomosphre' - ed.]
URL http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/
Link suggested by: Mizuno Mitsuaki (d9870017@post01.osaka-gaidai.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Nov 1998

AgriNet Bangladesh
AgriNet (Online Guide to Bangladesh Agriculture), Bangladesh
Supplied note: "AgriNet Bangladesh, is devoted to understanding and promoting knowledge about agricultural and rural development process in Bangladesh. Everybody is welcome to contribute ideas, thoughts, news, and views related to the agricultural and rural development in Bangladesh."
Site contents: BAU Alumni Registry; BRRI develops 8 new HYV rice; BAUNET Discussion Forum; Introduction; Educational Institutes; Research Institutes; Dear Policy Makers!; Journals; Agri. News; Meet the Press; Open Forum; Experts' Directory; Features; Links to Other Pages; South Asian Agriculture; BAUNET News; Fellowships, Jobs, Grants and Conferences for Agriculturists; Bengali Calendar for 1405 (Bangabada)
[A delightful site: factual, informative, simple, and easily accessible - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~UTTAMDEB
Link suggested by: Uttam Deb (debuk@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

01 Nov 1998

Institute of Chinese Culture
Institute of Chinese Culture, P.R. China
Supplied note: "The field of our research are Chinese culture and Sinology in the world. We publish two [paper ? - ed.] journals: 'Chinese Culture' and 'World Sinology'."
[A site entirely in Chinese. It uses an unspecified encoding system - ed.]
URL http://www.chineseculture.com.cn
Link suggested by: Ren Dayuan (rdy@bj.col.com.cn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

01 Nov 1998

China WWW VL - Internet Guide for China Studies (IGCS)
Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Supplied note: "After changing its URL recently, the IGCS was also completely redesigned (no frames!), and several new features were added. Probably the most notable one is the IGCS Newsletter, designed to keep you informed about the latest developments of on-line resources for Chinese Studies. To subscribe please send an email to LISTSERV@URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE containing the message SUBSCRIBE IGCS-L YOUR-NAME (replace YOUR-NAME with your full name). Other new feature include: a newly designed search facility (search the IGCS or the entire WWW); the restructuring of its 1100+ entries according to the Library of Congress Classification Schedules (work still in progress); an enlarged staff of professional Sinologists as co-editors (soon to be seven); regular link check; and more."
[The China WWW VL is a subsection of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
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]: Essential

01 Nov 1998

Intersections: gender, culture and history in an Asian context
Murdoch University, Australia
Supplied note: "This referred electronic journal deals with matters of gender, culture and history in an Asian context. At the same time, Intersections is intended as a means to explore innovative ways of 'doing' history using new technologies. Information Technology is not seen as an end in itself, but as a place where oral, written and visual history can tangibly cross paths allowing for new connections to be made."
URL http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/hum/as/intersections/
Link suggested by: Carolyn Brewer and Anne-Marie Medcalf (intrsect@central.murdoch.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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