Transcript Asian Resources in the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

Asian Resources in the Japan
Center for Asian Historical
Records (JACAR)
Hidehiko Hamada (Deputy Director – General, JACAR )
CEAL Committee on Public Service
Sheraton Chicago Hotels & Towers (Chicago Ballroom 10)
March 25, 2009
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Japan Center for Asian Historical
Records (JACAR) :
 Established on Nov.30, 2001
 Utilize the most advanced technology with the
aim of providing anyone the means to peruse,
print, and download image-data of records at
anytime, from anywhere, at no charge.
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Full-fledged digital archive
•Digitalized images of historical records and
database of cataloged informationaccessible
through the Internet.
• At the start of 2009, approximately 17,500,000
images had been made available to the
public.(every year, 2,000,000~3,000,000 images)
• By 2012, the goal is to have released 30,000,000
images.
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Website Features
•Digital archive accessible without user
registration. Website, in addition, includes
English, Chinese, and Korean interfaces (though
search is only available in Japanese and English).
•Documental materials (primarily government
documents) date from the Meiji Era to the end of
the Second World War.
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Documents made public in 2008
(example)
“Sento Shoho”
(“Detailed Battle Engagement Report” )
“Record of International Military Tribunal for
the Far East”
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“Sento Shoho”
“Battleship Yamato Detailed Engagement Report”
(ref.no.C08030564900) p.52
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“Record of International Military Tribunal for the
Far East” (ref.no.A08071243700) p.4
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•Number of web users has ranged daily from 2000
to 2500 people. (most recently)
•Roughly eighty percent of high school teachers
did not know JACAR. (according to an awareness
survey)
•Accordingly, from the end of last year, we are
putting forth effort to demonstrate our presence to
this demographic.
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JACAR’s Public Relations activities
Key activities of this term
•Concise JACAR
•Ad-poster
•Movie file
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Top page of JACAR website
Download
DjVu Plug-in
Plug-in 下载
DjVu Plug-in
다운로드
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Top page of JACAR website
Search
阅览资料
자료열람
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On-site
exhibitions
On-site
exhibitions
特别站
특별전
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Top page (Chinese, Korean)
Chinese
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Korean
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Search screen
Top page in Chinese
→ Japanese
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Top page in Korean
→ English
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Search result screen
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Treaties of amity between Japan and Qing
Reference Code A03023009200 (p.68～ translated into Chinese)
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Catalog display screen
Reference Code
查询编码
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Reference Code
레퍼런스 코드
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・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of
Chinese Communist Party
・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet
publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution)
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・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of
Chinese Communist Party
・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet
publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution)
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・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of
Chinese Communist Party
・Collection of literature on east problems
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・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of
Chinese Communist Party
・Collection of literature on east problems
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