---------------------------------------------------- ChinaResourceNews No.11 (5 Dec 2002) http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html ---------------------------------------------------- * Sorry for any crosspostings * Dear colleagues, we would like to introduce our latest project aiming at capturing and archiving Internet resources reflecting public discourse in or about China that otherwise would be lost for future research. DACHS - Digital Archive for Chinese Studies http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/ In contrast to the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org), DACHS should be able to more flexibly respond to events and issues relevant to the Chinese society. Although the organisational framework of DACHS (based on the OAIS model) is still under development, download activities started in August 2001. So far we have collected about 375,000 files roughly corresponding to 5.1 GB, and created some 600 metadata entries for access and administrative purposes. The collection includes Web sites, e-journals, films, snapshots of discussion boards, as well as hundreds of single documents. Topics covered are the 16th Party Congress of the CCP, China's and Taiwan's accession to the WTO, the September 11 terror attack, Falun gong, and many others. The digital archive is part of ChinaResource.org, a project of the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, financed by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation. For further information about DACHS, its collection, theoretical framework and points of access, please take a look at the project's homepage at: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/ Good luck and have fun exploring DACHS, Jennifer Gross and Hanno Lecher _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) ChinaResource.org -- Content manager http://chinaresource.org _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/chinaresource-l.html