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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.

01 September 2006

Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books [about Silk Roads]

http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en

5star
01 Sep 2006

Digital Silk Roads Project (DSR), National Institute of Informatics (NII), The Toyo Bunko, Tokyo, Japan

Self-description:
"The purpose of the project [which is a cornerstone of the Digital Silk Roads Project (DSR) (dsr.nii.ac.jp) - ed.] is to make 'invisible' books visible from everyone. Today surprisingly many books are invisible from the general public because accessibility to precious books is restricted due to their fragility and safety. To let them come out of the dark rooms of libraries, we establish the digital archive of precious books and improve accessibility to them on the Portal site. [...] [In Sep 2006] The digital archive [presented online] the collection of 53 rare books (19 authors : 13,973 pages) with narratives about Silk Roads."

Site contents:
* Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia--Atlas Part I, Part II; * Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia--Atlas Part III, Part IV; * Cathay and the way thither--Vol. 1; * Cathay and the way thither--Vol. 2; * Explorations in Turkestan 1903; * Explorations in Turkestan 1904--Vol. 1; * Explorations in Turkestan 1904--Vol. 2; * The Thousand Buddhas; * Ancient Khotan--Vol. 1; * Ancient Khotan--Vol. 2; * Serindia--Vol. 1; * Serindia --Vol. 2; * Serindia--Vol. 3; * Serindia--Vol. 4; * Serindia--Vol. 5; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 1; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 2; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 3; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 4; * Archaeological reconnaissances in north-western India and south-eastern Iran; * Bericht ueber archaeologische Arbeiten in Idikutschari und Umgebung im Winter 1902-1903; * Altbuddhistische Kultstaetten in Chinesisch-Turkistan; * Chotscho; * Alt-Kutscha; * Die Teufel des Avesta und ihre Beziehungen zur Ikonographie des Buddhismus Zentral-Asiens; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Sculptures; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Manichaean Arts; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Murals; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Mural designs; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--New pictures; * From Kyakhta to the source of the Yellow River; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 1; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 2; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 3; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 4; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 5; * Russkaia Turkestanskaia ekspeditsiia, 1909-1910 goda; * The wandering lake; * Archaeological researches in Sinkiang; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome1; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome2; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome3; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome4; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome5; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome6; * History of an Italian science expedition to Himalayas, Kharakhorum and Chinese Turkistan (1913-1914); * Views of China; * Photographic journal; * Records of the grand historian of China Vol. 123--Accounts of the Ferghana No. 63; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 94--Accounts of the Xiongnu No. 64; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 95--Biography of Yunnan, Nanyue, Dongyue and Korea No. 65; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 96--Geographical accounts of the western area No. 66;
Browse by: * Volumes; * Series; * Books; * Authors; * Languages.
Search by: * Image; * Text.

[A site with navigation in JP and EN - ed.]

URL http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en

Link reported by:
T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* 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]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, 7760]
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Src: The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Friday, September 01, 2006