---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 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. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html