Internet & the IIAS Update

In the last six months the amount of information offered through the new electronic medium of the Internet has really taken off. In December last year I started doing research on how much about Asian Studies there was on the Internet, mostly on the World Wide Web. The result was published in IIASN-5 as a directory of sites.
Since that time I have gathered more and more sites. I now have a map with more than a thousand sites still to work through. Fear not, I will not publish all of them here. The intention is that the IIAS is planning to publish a booklet which was reported on earlier. It will be a kind of telephone directory for Asian Studies on the Internet. The publication date will be around the end of March 1996.

By Annelies de Deugd

I very briefly tried out the search possibilities on the WWW. Webcrawler gave on the inquiry Asia 2669 sites, Lycos search: 2174 homepages ( and 23742 documents in total where the word 'asia' appears).
I noticed that there are a large number of double entries and very often sub-pages of one and the same homepage were named separately. If you know what you are looking for specifically then these search engines are very useful. If you are not quite sure what you want and you type in something as vague and general as 'Asia' then you will get a lot of junk and you have to sort through the lot to find something interesting.
Nevertheless, these search engines are getting more and more sophisticated and I can recommend using them.
An update of the mailing lists and newsgroups is necessary because some are very short- lived while others have existed from the very beginning.

Mailing lists

The following mailing/discussion lists from the directory given in IIASN-5 have been scrapped:
ASIANAD
EMEDCH-L
ISA
PACARC-L
PH-SSG
SASAAU-L
SEANET-L
TSA-L
TWUNIV-L
VIETNET

New mailing/discussion lists:

58 new lists

APALA-LAPALA-L@UICVM.UIC.EDU
Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
APEXJ-LAPEXJ-L@UHCCVM.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
Asia-Pacific EXchange Journal

ASIPP-LASIPP-L@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Chinese Plasma Physics Forum

ASPIRE-L ASPIRE-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
ASPIRE-L:Linkages for Students from Asian Nations

CCNET-LCCNET-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Chinese Computing Network

CENASIACENASIA@VM1.MCGILL.CA
Former Soviet Republic - Central Asian Political Discussion List

CHINA-ND CHINA-ND@KENTVM.KENT.EDU
China News Digest (US News)

CHO-DATA CHO-DATA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
China News (Canada)

CJS-LCJS-L@UHCCVM.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
Center for Japanese Studies List

CNDBRU-L CNDBRU-L@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
(CND-CM/HXWZ Hz Service)

CNDVT-LCNDVT-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU
China News Digest - US Regional News (CND-US III)

CNEDUC-L CNEDUC-L@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
Computer Networking Education Discussion List

CNFINFOCNFINFO@CERNVM.CERN.CH
ListCNFINFO

CPGIS-LCPGIS-L@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
Chinese Professionals Geographic Information Systems Use List

CSSFACSSFA@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU
Chinese Student & Scholar Friendship Association

E-JAPANE-JAPAN@MSU.EDU
H-Net List

EASIANTH EASIANTH@VM.TEMPLE.EDU
East Asia Anthropologists' discussion

EASTASIA EASTASIA@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU
EASTASIA -- East Asian Discussion Forum

FROI-L FROI-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
UA System - Friends of India

FROMC2CFROMC2C@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU

GAMELANGAMELAN@LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU
Indonesian performing arts

GARUDA GARUDA@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Indonesian Students and Alumnae of Syracuse University

HELWA-LHELWA-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Malaysian Women in U.S. and Canada

HINDI-THINDI-T@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
Teachers of Hindi Languages

HINDU-DHINDU-D@VM1.NODAK.EDU
Hindu Digest

HISHIS@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU
History and Computing Discussion Group

HONYAKUHONYAKU@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Discussion of Japanese/English Translation

IDS-CLUB IDS-CLUB@UICVM.UIC.EDU
IDS Club

INDIA-EINDIA-E@INDNET.BGSU.EDU
The India Economic Forum at BGSU

INDO-L INDO-L@RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
Indonesian Mailing List

INDO-L INDO-L@RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
Indonesian Mailing List

INDOKULINDOKUL@CC1.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
K.U.Leuven - Indonesia Forum

INDONESIA-NEWS INDONEWS@VM.GMD.DE
Indonesian News - Berita dari Indonesia

INN-LINN-L@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
INN-L - Discussion of Irish & Japanese Culture

JET-LJET-L@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Participants

JTEM-L JTEM-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Japanese Through Electronic Media

JTIT-L JTIT-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology

KIDCAFE-JAPANESE KIDCAFEJ@VM1.NODAK.EDU
KIDLINK Dialog in Japanese (age 10-15 only)

KIDLEADER-JAP... KIDLEADJ@VM1.NODAK.EDU
KIDLINK For Adult Leaders in Japanese

KMKI-L KMKI-L@RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
KMKI - Keluarga Mahasiswa Katolik Indonesia Mailing-List

MAT-JPNMAT-JPN@JPNIMRTU.BITNET
Forum on Materials Design by Computer (in Japanese)

MCOB_NET MCOB_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Malay College World Wide Network

REALINKREALINK@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Russian and Eurasian Awards Programs Students

SANGEETSANGEET@VM1.NODAK.EDU
Classical Music of India

SASIA-LSASIA-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
"UCSB South Asia Information List"

SEC52AASEC52AA@INDIAN.DC.LSOFT.COM
APO Section 52 Alumni Association Officers

SMAPLSMAPL@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Indonesian student discussion

TAIWAN-L TAIWAN-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU
Taiwan Discussion List

TAMCHINA TAMCHINA@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU
TAMU China Club Discussion List

TW-STUDY TW-STUDY@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Taiwan Study Discussion Group

TW-ENV TW-ENV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Taiwan Environment

USTHAI-L USTHAI-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU
USTHAI-L

WACANA-L WACANA-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Malaysian Intellectual Discourse

WCSSSS WCSSSS@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
Washington Center for China Studies

WEIMINGWEIMING@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Chinese Newsletter Distribution List

YLOPEARL YLOPEARL@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Asian Pacific American Law Professors Discussion Group

ZHENYANZHENYAN@VM.GMD.DE
The Chinese Magazine -ZHENYAN-

Newsgroups


The following newsgroups have been eliminated from the directory given in IIASN-5:

alt.japanese.txt
soc.culture.india

New newsgroups:

soc.culture.bengali
soc.culture.indian.delhi
soc.religion.vaishnava
soc.culture.pacific-island
soc.culture.intercultural

Additions to World Wide Web sites directory

http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/AsianStudies/AsianStudies.html
East Asian Co-op Asian Studies
Name site: East Asian Libraries Cooperative WWW Asian Studies Contents: General Sites Information by Category.
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* Association for Asian Studies
* Berkeley East Asian Languages Department
* Committee on East Asian Libraries (University of Oregon)
* Indiana University East Asian Studies Center
* University of Michigan
* Bibliographies
* Electronic Mailing Lists (compiled by David Bedell, University of Bridgeport)
* Electronic Journals
* Library Organizations
* Association of Research Libraries (Coalition for Network Coalition for Networked Information)
* Committee on East Asian Libraries (University of Oregon
* National Coordinating Committee on Japanese Library Resources (East Asian Libraries Cooperative WWW)
* European Association of Sinological Librarians (University of Heidelberg)
Also information available on the following subjects:
Agriculture, Anthropology, Art, Business, Climate, Computing, Drama, Economics, Education, Engineering, Festivals, Film/Cinema, History, Industry, Language, Library Science, Literature, Mathematics, Music,
Politics, Popular Culture, Religion, Science, Technology and Medicine,
Trade, Travel, Sports

http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/misc/bymap/asia.html
International E-mail accessibility clickable map of Asia

http://webhead.com/~sergio/asiaregion.html
Name site: Travel information about Asia region
Travel information about Asia region by Sergio Paoli. TravelASIA is an effort to consolidate net information related to travelling in Asia countries.
(Email: spaoli@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar) Created January 1, 1995 Last updated September 4, 1995
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* Asia, in Cyberville.
* Asia-Pacific Information Sources
* Asian Studies - WWW Virtual Library
* ASIA ONLINE
* Asia-Pacific Information
* City.Net Asia
* Destination South-East Asia
* GNN TC Internet Resources - Country Guides - Asia
* Maps of Asia
* Rec.Travel Library - Asia
* South Asia
* South Asia Gopher, Columbia Univ. N.Y.
* South-East Asia Information
* Staying Healthy in Asia, Africa, and Latin America by Dirk Schroeder
* The Virtual Tourist:
Asia (North East)
Asia (South East)
Asia (South West)
* Travel Industry Update - Asia by PATA
* TravelWorld, Your gateway to Asia

http://neog.com/asianow/
Name site: Asia Now Homepage
Asia Now Online, Hawaii public television/KCTS-Seattle/NHK-Japan
Asia Now Online continues its tradition of bringing you the latest news and information from the Asia-Pacific region via both its weekly PBS television series and our online website. Clickable image.
Asia Now Online is based on the weekly public television series, "Asia Now"
and is designed to bring you selected news and feature stories of the Asia-Pacific region via the World Wide Web. Asia Now Online also serves as a venue for those interested in the region to discuss current events and issues and sponsors semester--long online educational projects for K-12 classrooms. Our current project begins in September, 1995 and focuses on the Pacific Islands.

http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/asia.html
Name site: Asia-Pacific Information
Here are some major sources of information about Asia and Pacific. Some of this information is available from this server and some are hyper-links to other sites on the Internet.
Links on homepage to informationabout the following topics:
* Map of Asia ( from CIA - JPEG 299 Kb )
* Japan
* China
* Korea, South
* Russia
* India

Here are some links to servers providing information about Asia and Pacific Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet - some of these links may not be operational / reachable at all times !
* HotAsia - Asian Web Sites
* Asia Now
* All the Gopher servers in Asia
* All the Gopher servers in the Pacific region
* The WWW virtual library - Asian Studies
* Asia & Middle East Maps - from Perry-Castaneda Library
* Asia Information - Committee on East Asian Libraries
* Silkroute's Asia Online
* Asia, Inc Online
* Asian Art
* Asia One - Business News from Asia etc.
* Thailand Information
* Guide to Australia
* Australia-New Zealand Studies Center
* New Zealand Information
* Thailand - the big picture
* Singapore Infomap
* Singapore OnLine Guide
* Singapore OnLine
* The Myanmar Page

http://www.tile.net/tile/news/asia.html
Asia
Part of TILE.NET/News The complete reference to Usenet Newsgroups
Links to following newsgroups:
clari.world.asia.central
clari.world.asia.china
clari.world.asia.hong_kong
clari.world.asia.india
clari.world.asia.japan
clari.world.asia.koreas
clari.world.asia.south
clari.world.asia.southeast
clari.world.asia.taiwan
rec.travel.asia

http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/archive55.html< BR> Name site: Asia History in General Archives
Asia History in General Archives Documents Selected Links
Links on homepage to informationabout the following topics:
This set of archives is part of the Asia History section of the World History Archives.
* Introduction to Nirmanee. This is a sample of a newspaper from a group of Sri Lankan women that covers all Asia.
These links are for Asia in general. Each subdivision of Asia is being given its own set of links.
* World History Archives West Asia Links.
* World History Archives South Asia Links.
* World History Archives Southeast Asia Links.
* World History Archives East Asia Links.
* For new online resources for all Asia, there is the ANU What's New in WWW Asian Studies Online Newsletter.
* Fundamental is the ANU Social Sciences WWW Server: history and social science information resources, Pacific Studies

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/WWWVL-AsianUseful.h tml
Name site: ANU - Useful Asian Studies Resources
Asian Studies - Useful Networked Resources WWW Servers Useful to Asian Studies Research
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* What's New in WWW Asian Studies (ANU,Australia)
* Asian Studies Meta-Resources Register (ANU,Australia)
* Asian Studies - E-Lists Register (ANU,Australia)
* Asian Studies - E-Journals Register (ANU,Australia)
* Asian Studies - Asian Continent Infoservers (ANU,Australia)
* Asian Studies - WAIS Databases Register (ANU,Australia)
.....and lots more.

This page is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
This document (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/WWWVL-A- sianUseful.html) keeps track of information facilities of potential use to the Asian Studies research.

http://www.sg/
Name site: Singapore Infomap
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:

* Introduction to Singapore. A quick overview, Singapore at a glance.
* Media, Arts & Culture. Get a close-up view of Singapore scenes, visit online museums, and check out what is happening in the arts
arena.
* Sports & Leisure. Singaporeans at play, and do you know what is the Kallang Roar?
* Our Government. Learn about the make-up of the Singapore Government, and what the Ministers said. Visit the Singapore Government Internet Web Site!
* Education, Research & Health. Your springboard to education or research and development related websites in Singapore. Check out too, the
various hospitals that are now on-line.
* Community & Social. The community and social aspect of Singapore. Links to websites of various associations.
* Business & Finance A directory of commercial organizations that are present on Internet, plus an extract of job openings for those
seeking employment in Singapore.
* More... And many more interesting and exciting features......

http://challenge.tiac.net/users/dstein/nw478.html
Name site: Nerd World : ASIA
ASIA BY NERD WORLD MEDIA (SM) ASIA : Related Links ASIA : Related Newsgroups ASIA : Related Categories
Links on homepage to informationabout the following topics:
* What is Nerd World
* Top of Index
* Submit Link
* SPOT Launcher for Windows
* Report an Error
* A Virtual Philippines. The largest Philippine web site. We have sightseeing, travel, hotels, shopping and industry information and listings. Take a virtual vacation to the Philippines without leaving your seat or plan you trip before you get there.
* ASIA (GENERAL)
* ASIA ONLINE
* ASIA in Cyberspace
* Asia Data
Asia Data Disk is a comprehensive library of published demographic and economic data on fourteen Asian countries from 1970 to 1994. Sources covering local government departments, the United Nations etc.
* Asia Resources by Country
* Asian Studies Program
* Bold Tech VN-Dictionary
On-Line Catalog of Vietnamese Software by Bold Technology. Include a range of Vietnaemse Electronic Dictionary.
* BusinessWorld Online Edition [New 10/15/95]
* Philippine business news
...and many more....
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hoffmann/
Name site: Korean Studies Page
All major WWW Korean Studies sites, compiled by Frank Hoffmann
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* Korea WWW Links
* Korean Newspapers, etc.
* Other Newspapers & Journals
* Korean Computing & Tools
* Scholarships & Jobs
* Library Gateway
* Miscellany

http://silkroute.com/silkroute/asia/rsrc/type/publishing.html
Name site: Asia Resources: Publishing
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
Publishing Asia Resources By Topic
Asia
* Editions Didier Millet
One of Asia's leading publishers of illustrated books, Editions Didier Millet specializes in high-quality books on Asian travel, photography, arts, and architectural subjects.

Hong Kong
* Asia, Inc. Online
Asia, Inc. Online is the region's leading monthly business magazine. The online edition, Asia, Inc. Online, is the region's first interactive business magazine as well as original material developed exclusively for the Web.

Japan
* 1. Intersect Japan
This site provides an introduction to the magazine Intersect Japan hrough sample stories and graphics from its pages. There is also an "interactive" page through which users can respond to a topical "question of the month."
* 2. Shima Media Network
We despatch unique opinions and news from exclusive sources without censorship or filtering from government or news agencies.
* 3. Stone Bridge Press
Publisher of Japan-related books in English: language learning, literature in translation, culture, business, etc.

Singapore

* 1.Editions Didier Millet
* 2.Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings is the leading publishing and printing group in Southeast Asia.

South Korea

* 1.Korea WebWeekly
News digests, editorials, internet resources and other info on North and South Koreas.
* 2.KoreaWeb
Developed and managed by CYBERnet Marketing Inc. (CMI) Korea, KoreaWeb is proud to contribute to and be part of the Internet and World Wide Web experience. Although we are a commercial web service orginating within the Republic of Korea, we have taken great care to provide our visitors with comprehensive and up to date information about Korea. We also provide informative links to the rest of cyberspace, to include our World Business News ( WBN ) pages which is a collective linking of important business sites and archives. After all of that, we offer our Air Express Gift Gallery, a collection of attractively priced gifts from the far that are sent to our customers via air within 48 hours of payment

Taiwan

* 1.IDG Taiwan Branch
* 2.Pristine Internet Gateway
Pristine Internet Gateway is a subsidiary company of Pristine Communications (Taiwan & Hong Kong).
At the moment, the P.I.G. is the only Internet service provider in Taiwan offering not only dial up but also SLIP access accounts. The P.I.G. Web homepage takes you to both commercial and academic sites specifically relating to Taiwan.

Thailand
* 1.Bangkok Post : Year-End Economic Review 1994
Stories were published in the Bangkok Post annual year-end Economic Review, which is distributed free to subscribers to the Bangkok Post Newspaper as well as to subscribers to the Bangkok Post International Weekly edition.

http://hookomo.aloha.net/~wrap/asia.html
Name site: CastingOnline
Casting News for Actors, Dancers, and Singers for Asia
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:

* Film
* Music
* Stage
* Television
* Voice over
* CastingOnline Homepage

http://www.clark.net/pub/global/asia.html
Name site: Asia Pacific
(Info Bank) Asia - Pacific
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:

Asia Overview
* East Asia on the Internet (Committee on East Asian Libraries)
* Asia Online
* Asia Online, Inc.
* Asia (Coombs)
* Asia (SunSite)

Japan
* Tomigaya/Eccosys - some interesting folks
* Japan page (SunSite)
* Japan (NTT)
* Window on Japan
* Social Science Japan
* Japan information resources
* Japanese investment and economic reports (Daiwa)
* Kyushu and Kumamoto, Japan
* Japan - GLOCOM (International University of Japan)
* Japan gopher (Ariz Univ)
* The Telecom Tribune, A Monthly Trade Journal Specializing in Telecommunications and High Technology in Japan

China
* China home page (first Chinese WWW server)
* China (AMU)

Other
* Taiwan servers
* Hong Kong web sites
* WWW Servers in Hong Kong
* Vietnam (VietNet)
* Viet Links
* Singapore
* Singapore (Tourism)
* Singapore Chinese server
* Indonesia Home Page
* Malaysia
* India info
* India
* Sri Lanka
* Australia
* New Zealand

http://www.jaring.my/at-asia/
Name site: @ASIA Home Page
A lot of clickable images to exhibitions in Asia, events, andinformation about several Asian countries.

http://www.lib.uci.edu/sea/seahome.html
Name site: UCI Southeast Asian Archives
Southeast Asian Archive, University of California, Irvine Libraries.
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* newsletter
back issues of the Southeast Asian Archive's quarterly
newsletter.
* images of Hmong pa ndau
Some lovely images of Hmong pa ndau textiles.

http://www.city.net/regions/asia/
Name site: City.Net Asia
Links on homepage to information about the following Asian countries:
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Bhutan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Maldives, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand, China, Nepal, Tibet, East Timor, North Korea, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, Russia.
Territories
Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hong Kong, Macau, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands.
Maps
City.Net Asia Map (Virtual Tourist II), Map of Asia (U.S. CIA), Map of Southeast Asia (U.S. CIA), Map of the Indian Ocean Area (U.S. CIA).

Other Guides:
* Asia Online
* Travel and Tourism
* East Asia Traveler's Health Information (U.S. CDC)
* Eastern Europe Traveler's Health Information (U.S. CDC)
* Indian Subcontinent Traveler's Health Information (U.S. CDC)
* Southeast Asia Traveler's Health Information (U.S. CDC)

http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Singapore/Internet_Presence_Provid ers/Asia_Online/
Name site: Yahoo - Regional:Countries:Singapore:Internet Presence Providers:Asia Online.
Yahoo search page for Asia Online.
Links on homepage to information about the following topics:
* Asia in Cyberspace - Check out the latest WWW sites up and out from Asia!
* ASIA Online
* Asia Travel Market 1995 - Asia Travel Market 95 is an event focussed on the Travel Industry in the Asia Pacific. It will be held in SUNTEC Centre, Singapore on 19/22 Oct 95.
* SilkRoute Ventures
* TravelASIA - An Online Guide to Travelling in Asia.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~vyadan/soasia.html
Name site: South Asia
Link to the homepage of Vikash Yadav. From there further kinks to his collection of sites.
* PERSONAL INFORMATION
A little bit about me, myself and dela...
* VIRTU
Virtú is the Graduate Journal of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I am currently serving as editor-in-chief. Our first issue will come out in January 1996.
* POLITICAL SCIENCE
A list of pages designed for the political science researcher. Contains links to other poli-sci departments, international organizations, foreign governments and data archives.
* SOUTH ASIA
Contains a list of sites which highlight the culture, arts and religions of South Asia. 






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