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Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm
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5 Dec 2002 (HL)
Digital Archive for Chinese Studies (DACHS)
Ed./Corp.: Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg,
Heidelberg, Germany
URL: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/
Language: English.
Supplied note: "[... A] project aiming at capturing and archiving Internet
resources reflecting public discourse in or about China that otherwise would
be lost for future research. 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
[Dec 2002 - HL] 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."
Site contents: (1) About DACHS (Introduction; Collection Policy; Legal
Issues; Working Routines; Technical Infrastructure; Current Status); (2)
Access (Metadata Search; Fulltext Search [under development - HL]; Table of
Contents); (3) Publications; (4) Links; (5) Contact; (6) Management.
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With kind regards,
Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask])
INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
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