The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: June 2005

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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.

23 June 2005

Azijske in Afriske Studije / Asian and African Studies Quarterly

http://yuan.klub-kts.si/aas/revija.php

4star

Dept. of Asian and African Studies, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Ljubljana University, Slovenia.

Supplied note:
"The quarterly review 'Asian and African Studies' has been issued at the Department of Asian and African Studies at University in Ljubljana (Slovenia) since 1997. [...] The review mainly contains original and translated academic articles from the area of intercultural studies. It is mainly focused upon humanities, particularly from the fields of cultural studies, intercultural methodology, literature, linguistics, history, history of art and philosophy within Asian and African studies. [...] About a half of the contributions have been published in Slovene language, but each year we publish at least one international special issue, which deals with a certain research topic from the area of Asian and African studies. It contains articles in English, Chinese or Japanese languages, written by international scholars, engaged in the research field under actual debate. [...] - hsr."

URL
http://yuan.klub-kts.si/aas/revija.php

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Jana S. Rosker (jana.rosker@guest.arnes.si)

* 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

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives

http://archives.catholic.org.hk/

4star

Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archive, Hong Kong, China

Supplied note:
"Language: English, Chinese (Big5). Site contents: (1) Historical Documents; (2) The Archives Holdings (1841-1969); (3) Rare Books; (4) Illustrated Catechism; (5) The Cathedral; (6) Church Buildings; (7) Leading Events (1841- ); (8) The Succession Line (1841- ); (9) Statistics (1705- ); (10) In Memory (short biographies of important figures of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong); (11) List of Popes (including the Chinese translations of their names); (12) 120 Chinese Martyrs; (13) Web Site Links. Note: It might be necessary to manually switch encoding to Big5. - hel."

URL
http://archives.catholic.org.hk/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/archives.catholic.org.hk/

Link reported by:
Tao Yang, Yale East Asia Library, New Haven, CT, US; forwarded by Hanno E. Lecher / Internet Guide for ChinaStudies (h.e.lecher(at)let.leidenuniv.nl)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Online Guide

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library/NGO

* 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

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

22 June 2005

East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (EALRGA) Newsletter

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/NLA/EALRGA/newsletter.index.html

4star

The East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (EALRGA), Australia

Supplied note:
"The East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (EALRGA) is formed by East Asian librarians and publishes a semiannual newsletter aiming at promoting awareness of various issues in East Asian library resources and librarianship in Australia, and enhancing interaction among library professionals and anyone interested in East Asian studies. No. 47, the latest issue of the newsletter, has just been published. From this issue on, the newsletter will be published online only on the freely accessible EALRGA web site at [the URL below] - ww."

URL
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/NLA/EALRGA/newsletter.index.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/NLA/EALRGA/newsletter.index.html

Link reported by:
Wan Wong (wwong@nla.gov.au); forwarded by asia_news@anu.edu.au, and by Andrew Gosling (andrewgosling@netspeed.com.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library

* 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 100

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

06 June 2005

Laoqai Research Foundation (LRF)

http://www.laogai.org/

5star

The Laogai Research Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

Self-description:
"In 1992, the Laogai Research Foundation was established [by Hongda Harry Wu - ed.] to gather information and spread public awareness on the Chinese Laogai. The Foundation publishes an annual Laogai Handbook, newsletters, special investigative reports, as well as assisting television media in preparing documentary films on the Laogai. Since its inception, the LRF has expanded its focus to document and report on other systemic human rights violations in China, including public executions, organ harvesting from executed prisoners, the coercive enforcement of China's population control policy, and persecution of religious believers."

Site contents:
* News (Prisons/Forced Labor, Dissent, Human Rights, Religions, Others); * Commentary; * Reports; * Publications (The Laogai Research Foundation's '2003-2004 Laogai Handbook' [the 444-page Handbook, bilingual in English and Chinese, is the world's only independent and publicly available catalogue of China's Laogai prison system. The handbook identifies more information about China's prison camps than ever before, and details camps' locations, types of facilities, types of products produced by prisoners - ed.], LRF special report [March 2005] - A look at judicial reform in China: the death penalty and shuanggui (double regulations), Human Rights in China review of [a book on China's one-child policy] 'Better Ten Graves than One Extra Birth', Laogai Report, Summer 2004 Vol. 12 No.2 , 'Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner' by Palden Gyatso, Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation, 2003. 300 pages, 'Difficult Years' by Wenche He'en, Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation, 2004. 153 pages, 'One Man, Two Stories Volume One: Thunderstorm in the Night' by Harry Wu, Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation, 2004. 249 pages, Laogai Report, Spring 2004 Vol. 12 No.1, Laogai Report, Winter 2003 Vol.11 No.4, Laogai Research Foundation Special Reports, Laogai Report, Spring 2003 Vol. 11 No.1, Laogai Report, Winter 2002 Vol. 10 No. 4.); * Documents; * FAQ; * About us; * Testimony; * Population Control; * Organ Harvesting; * Links.

URL
http://www.laogai.org/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.laogai.org/

Link reported by:
Laogai Research Foundation (yp@laogai.org)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents/News

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
NGO

* 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 3,000

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

05 June 2005

The East Asian [Digital] Collection

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EastAsian/

5star

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US

Supplied note:
"[T]here are two collections here. One is the Holmes Welch collection (mostly of religious themes) and one is called the Tianjin collection (mostly of the war). As you can see, they are amazing. There presence at Wisconsin is thanks to Thomas Hahn (now at Cornell) who acquired them during his all too short stay in the frigid Midwest [...] and the staff at the Madison library, especially Victoria Chu [...] Best, Brett."

Self-description:
"The Holmes Welch Collection - Holmes Hinkley Welch (1921-1981) was a twentieth century eminent scholar on modern Chinese religions, especially Buddhism. After Welch's death, his family donated his library collection to Memorial Library, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This collection includes different materials and media, among which are hundreds of photographs, where most have never been published or circulated. In an effort to make these photographs more accessible, a digitization project of selected photographs is underway. The collection of digitized photographs is mostly about religious life in China and Hong Kong, between the 1930s and 1960s. The images capture different aspects of the Chinese Buddhist monastic life as well as Chinese Buddhist architecture. [....] The Tianjin or China in the 1930s Collection - The majority of images in this collection are connected with the military, including the Chinese 19th Route Army, the US 15th Infantry Regiment at China Service, and the Japanese Army. Many depict scenes of the Japanese invasion and Chinese defense, the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945), and the World War II theatre in China. The other images in this collection portray village and city lives, street scenes, and Chinese architecture. [...] * Related materials: Africa Focus; Portal to Asian Internet Resources; SouthEast Asian Images and Text Project; South and Southeast Asia Video Archive."

URL
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EastAsian/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Brett Sheehan (bsheehan@wisc.edu), forwarded by Marilyn Levine (mlevine@lcsc.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Library/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 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

02 June 2005

Bhutan - National Assembly

http://www.nab.gov.bt

4star

National Assembly, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The site www.nab.gov.bt was formally inaugurated [on] 02 June. The site is to be the repository of documents relating to the work of the National Assembly of Bhutan. Full English text of the resolutions of the 76th (1998) to 82nd (2004) sessions of the Assembly are posted as PDFs, together with four Dzongkha versions (there is a note to the effect that earlier resolutions 'will be posted in due course'). The site details the organisation of the Assembly, its committees, the rules governing election of members and officers, and other items. The agenda for the current session of the Assembly (03-23 June 2005) is also given in English and Dzongkha versions A listing of all Bhutan's legislation to date is also given as a 4-page PDF. - bcs."

URL
http://www.nab.gov.bt

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw@hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 12 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com