---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- on 19 Aug 2000 New in IGCS - Society: Chinese overseas databank Ed./Corp.: The Committee on Chinese Overseas Databank, (Chairman: Ng Yew Kang), Singapore URL: http://www.huayinet.org/ Language: English; Chinese (GB). Self description: "Through the HuayiNet World Wide Web site, the inter-agency Committee on the Chinese Overseas Databank, Singapore, aims to: Promote wider international access to, and exchange of, information on the Chinese diaspora. Become a resource portal for scholars, researchers, and others interested in activities of the Chinese diaspora. Encourage greater co-ordination and partnership among Singapore-based libraries, research centres and community organizations, and among similar bodies in other parts of the world to promote information sharing on the Chinese diaspora. Promote awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of the ethnic Chinese through the preservation and collection of rare documents and related information." Description: "A new resource from ten Singapore organizations involved in the collecting, preservation, interpretation, and sharing of information on the Chinese outside China. Institutions include the Singapore Federation of Clan Associations, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and the Chinese Heritage Center. [...]" (Asian Studies Newsletter, 45.2, spring 2000). Site contents: (1) About us (history; mission; committee; launch); (2) Resources (libraries; institutions; associations; guilds; lobby groups; projects; museums; cultural; newspapers); (3) Survey (results of a survey [...] to determine Chinese Overseas information resources among Singapore institutions); (4) Bulletin Board (with notes on new books, conferences, exhibitions, etc.); et al. Note: Frames capable browser needed! _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L