APSIG Newsletter number 51 - March 2003

Websites to know about

University of East Timor Library
Find out about the National University of Timor and the UNTL project...

Asian accounts of Australia: change, comparison and analysis
Bibliographies based upon the National Library of Australia's holdings of Chinese and Japanese materials

Te Puna: gateway to the Pacific
Te Puna web directory provides a subject gateway to selected New Zealand and Pacific Island Internet information resources.

Websites highlight Melbourne University collections

East Asian Collection Infoguide [The University of Melbourne Library]

Chinese Studies [The University of Melbourne Library]

Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library

Chinese Studies Library Research Skills and Methods

Japanese Studies [The University of Melbourne Library]

The Melbourne Asian Research Libraries Consortium now has its own site. Formed in 1993 between the University of Melbourne and Monash University, MARLC provides enhanced access to their Asian collections.

Among a number of other interesting purchases, the East Asian Collection's excellent collection of books about the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 has been augmented by purchases to the value of $23 000 last year. (Bick-har Yeung)