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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Aug 1999
Vol. 6, No. 91

15 Aug 1999

Swami Krishnananda - Official Website
The Divine Life Society, India
Supplied note: "This site contains 24 online books on Indian philosophy, Hindu scriptural texts, Bhagavadgita, Upanishads, Vedanta, metaphysics, mysticism, yoga, meditation and spiritual practice. There books are being offered freely online and are otherwise available only in bookshops or from the publisher."
URL http://education.vsnl.com/swami_krishnananda/
Link suggested by: Swami Narayanananda (narayani@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

14 Aug 1999

Macau Psychology Association
APM, Macau
Supplied note: "The objective of the Macau Psychology Association is to promote the application and study of Psychology, and to contact other Psychology associations beyond Macau for cultural and academic studies and exchange."
Site contents: Index; Who we are; Statutes; News; Links (Psychology - general, Associations and organizations, Conferences and Seminars, Reading on-line, Journals, Departments).
[A bi-lingual (PT,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://home.macau.ctm.net/~joselily/
Link suggested by: Maria do Sameiro (email address not supplied)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

13 Aug 1999

SUNY Brockport Vietnam Project
State University of NY at Brockport, USA
Supplied note: "The SUNY Brockport Vietnam Project places US college students in Danang, Vietnam for one-semester stays to both study with three local schools of higher education and to provide community service."
URL http://www.studyabroad.com/suny/brockport/vietnam.html#pr
Link suggested by: Kenneth Herrmann, Jr. (kherrman@iinc.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

11 Aug 1999

Customs Tariffs of China
Xindeco, China
Supplied note: "Comprehensive information about China's tariffs and non-tariff control on importation and exportation. You can choose to search by H.S code, English description and Chinese description."
URL http://www.chinavista.com/database/cides/index.phtml
Link suggested by: Leng (cool@chinavista.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

08 Aug 1999

Indonesian Art and Culture Training
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "An integrated art and culture center provide training programs including the language, gamelan, dance, batik that combined with tour for student."
Site contents: Home; Learning Bahasa; Indonesian Dances; Human Resources; The Foundation; Gallery; Edutainment; Edutourism.
URL http://www.djoglo.or.id
Link suggested by: Tikto P. Adiwijaya (djoglo@indosat.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

06 Aug 1999

Chinese Community Forum (CCF) e-journal
CCF, USA
Supplied note: "Chinese Community Forum (CCF) is an e-journal published on China-Net every Wednesday. CCF is dedicated to discussion on issues related to the Chinese community and welcomes views from any and all political, cultural, and religious persuasion."
[The journal, available in web and email formats, apparently was established in Feb 1998. However, in Aug 99 links to sections: 'Past Issues', 'About CCF' and 'About China-Net' were not operational - ed.]
URL http://www.china-net.org
Link suggested by: CCF Editors (ccfed@china-net.org), forwarded by Christiane Reinhold (reinholdc@mail.utexas.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Aug 1999

Information Analytic Center 'Eurasia'
IAC Evraziia, Moscow, Russian Federation
Supplied note: "The latest news and the most interesting materials about the new independent states of Central Asia.... Read articles and reviews written by experts and reporters covering economic and political aspects of life in five republics of Central Asia: inside the corridors of power, commentaries on acts and decrees, official and independent forecasts, in-depth analyses of the budget process, banking system development, fledgling stock market, big oil, foreign trade, and more."
[A bi-lingual (RU, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.eurasia.org.ru/
Link suggested by: IAC Eurasia (mail@eurasia.org.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Aug 1999

Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied information: "The goal of the website is to be a single access point for retrieval of information about the functions, services and collections of the Asia Pacific National Libraries."
Site contents: About CDNLAO; Meetings; Member Libraries (Australia: National Library of Australia, Bangladesh: Bangladesh National Library and Archives, Bhutan: National Library of Bhutan, Burma: National Library of Burma, Cambodia, Kingdom of: National Library of Cambodia, China, People's Republic: National Library of China, Cook Islands: Cook Islands Library & Museum Society, India: National Library of India, Indonesia: Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia, Japan: National Diet Library, Kiribati - Republic of: National Library and Archives, Korea: National Library of Korea, Laos: National Library of Laos, Malaysia: Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Maldives, Republic of: National Library, Mongolia: State Central Library of Mongolia, Nepal: National Library of Nepal, New Zealand: Te Puna Matauranga O Aotearoa, Pakistan: National Library of Pakistan, Papua New Guinea: National Library Services of Papua New Guinea, Philippines: National Library, Singapore: National Library of Singapore, Solomon Islands: National Library Service, Sri Lanka: National Library of Sri Lanka, Taiwan: National Central Library, Thailand: National Library of Thailand, Vanuatu: National Library of Vanuatu, Vietnam: Bibliotheque Nationale) Projects and Partnerships; Other Useful Resources and Information (Calendar of Asia-Pacific Library Conferences, IFLA Section of National Libraries (incl. an address list), IFLA Universal Availability of Publications Core Programme, Regional Cooperation Program / National Library of Australia, IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Core Center Asia and Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG)/ Australian Library and Information Association)
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/cdnlao/
Link suggested by: Janaki Fernando (natlib@slt.lk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Aug 1999

Eurasian Geopolitics mailing list
www.egroups.com, San Francisco, CA, USA
Supplied information: "General questions affecting all of Eurasia such as crime and corruption, economic reform, inter-country relations, ethnic conflicts, peace keeping and peace making, human rights, the role of NGOs, inter-country relations, arms races and weapons proliferation, and current developments in individual countries which may be of interest to those with comparative interests."
[Apparently an unmoderated discussion group. Other related CA groups on the system are http://www.egroups.com/list/uzbek-news/info.html & http://www.egroups.com/group/iranian-news/info.html. The recent proliferation of freely hosted general access specialist mailing lists may be influenced by the www.egroups.com reward scheme (aka e-pimping) where hundreds of dollars are paid to a person who sets up a list dispatching more than one message a week (embellished with commercial advertisements) to more than 250 subscribers - ed.]
URL http://www.egroups.com/group/eurasia-geopolitics/info.html
Link suggested by: Alan Fogelquist (eurasia2@sprynet.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

04 Aug 1999

Travel in Caucasus mailing list
www.onelist.com, USA
Self-description: "Travel discussion list for people interested in travel within the Transcaucasian Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and the North Caucasus region (Krasnodar Kray, Stavropol Kray, Dagestan, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkassia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechenya) of the Russian Federation, as well as surrounding regions such as Eastern Turkey, Azarbayjan Provinces of Iran, and Kalmykia and Rostov and Astrakhan Oblasts of the Russian Federation."
[New and apparently unmoderated discussion group. No exchanges have been archived so far. Another related (an unpopulated so far) list on the system is http://www.onelist.com/viewarchive.cgi?listname=oxiana, which aims to deal with travel in Central Asia, specifically Afghanistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The recent proliferation of freely hosted general access specialist mailing lists may be influenced by the www.onelist.com reward scheme (aka e-pimping) where hundreds of dollars are paid to a person who sets up a list dispatching more than one message a week (embellished with commercial advertisements) to more than 500 subscribers - ed.]
URL http://www.onelist.com/viewarchive.cgi?listname=caucasus
Link suggested by: Wee-Cheng TAN (weecheng@post1.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

03 Aug 1999

The Cambodian Law Archives
Tilleke & Gibbins and Associates (TGA) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Supplied note: "Research tool for complete versions of Laws and Regulations of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Investment possibilities, discussion boards and chat."
Site contents: Public area - The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Council of Ministers; Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Supreme Council of Magistracy. Members area - Company Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Contract Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Investment Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia Khmer Rouge Law; Law on Taxation; National Bank Law.
URL http://www.law-kh.com/
Link suggested by: Gleason Sackman (gleason@rrnet.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

02 Aug 1999

Nagasaki University Database of Old Photographs
Nagasaki University Library, Nagasaki, Japan
Self-description: "The database of this collection [carefully annotated (JP, EN) and categorised images from the Bakumatsu-Meiji (1860-1899) period - ed.] is now open to the public via the Internet, making the collection accessible for worldwide use. [...] The photographs in this collection were mainly taken in Japan from the 1860s to the 1890s, and colored by professional painters. They show foreigners' settlements, urban and rural scenery, tourist spots, customs and people in Nagasaki, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and elsewhere. As of the end of March 1999, items in the collection numbered 5,414, making it one of the largest collections in Japan."
[Factual, thoughtful, speedy, and almost ergonomic resource - ed.]
URL http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/unive/
Link suggested by: The Scout Report (scout-report@hypatia.cs.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

01 Aug 1999

The Republic of China [ROC] at a Glance 1999
Government Information Office, Taipei, ROC/Taiwan
Site contents: Introduction; Geography and Climate; People and Language; Politics and Government; Foreign Relations; Economy; Education; The Media; Environmental Protection; Cross-strait Relations; Taiwan as an Asia-Pacific Regional Operations; Center; Visiting the ROC; Postscript
URL http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/nation/en/glance/index.html
Link suggested by: Nikst (nikst@orc.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Aug 1999

Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam
The Richmond Review, London, UK
Supplied note:"This [...] work examines the recent history of a country that has been neglected since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Shadows and Wind covers a range of topics including religion, food, the arts and literature, architecture and city life, the changing political and social environment and the role of the Vietnamese Diaspora."
[A book promotion and a copy of a chapter from the 1998 book by Robert Templer, London: Little & Brown - ed.]
URL http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/features/temple01.html
Link suggested by: Vietnambook (vietnambook@home.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

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