Himal Southasian magazine

http://www.himalmag.com

23 Nov 2006

The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal

Supplied note:
"Himal Southasian is a monthly review magazine [ISSN 10129804 - ed.] published from Kathmandu. Through its print and online editions, the magazine provides in-depth reviews and commentary on key issues of Southasia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Bhutan, Burma, Tibet and Afghanistan. The website [at the URL below] includes full-text articles, as well as an exhaustive archive of past issues. Himal Southasian is a unique and pioneering publication, with writing that reflects both the socio-economic and political landscape of the region. For two decades, it has been a repository of development-based insights, assessments of current political and social trends, and explorations on diverse subjects of art, culture and history. Himal publishes several regular sections, including analyses and reports, opinions, interviews, photo features, book reviews, as well as more personalised essays. - no."

Site contents:
* Current issue [Volume 19, No 8 November 2006 has the following structure] Cover Story, Commentary, Reflections, Profile, Mediafile, Southasian Briefs, Contributors, Opinion, Analysis, Report, Review, Photo Feature, Southasiasphere, Editorial); * About us; * Subscribe; * Advertise; * Himal Southasian Archive (South Asian Links, Search HSA, archived issues from years 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996).

URL http://www.himalmag.com

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.himalmag.com

Link reported by: Nadeem Omar (notarar--at--gmail.com),
forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3210]

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THDL Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas

http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/
23 Nov 2006

Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US.

Self-description (1): "The Gazetteer is designed to provide information about all varieties of places in Tibet and the Himalayas, in past and present times - nations, provinces, counties, monasteries, villages, mountains, natural regions and more. The current 2.0 [i.e. Oct/Nov 2006 - ed.] release includes administrative units in contemporary China that have ethnic Tibetan populations, with detailed information only for the subunits of the Tibet Autonomous Region. We are now working on release 3.0 which will include details for all five provinces in China with Tibetan populations, and all politicial districts of Nepal as well. In the subsequent phase we will begin to incorporate our extensive data on Tibetan monasteries. [...] Note: You will need a Unicode font to view the Chinese characters, and another Unicode font to view Tibetan words.

Self-description (2): "We are now in the final weeks of the release of the first major update of the Gazetteer in three years. This new version will have much more rapid searching, display of Tibetan script and Devangari script as well as Chinese characters, improved interface, and a lot of improvements in the technology that will allow us from the fall of 2006 to finally begin to put all of our content into it. In addition, it will have administrative units for contemporary Nepal, as well as add all contemporary administrative units for Tibetan areas of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunan, in addition to the earlier data for the Tibet Autonomous Region."

[A fast, useful and most informative sub-section of the larger THDL (www.thdl.org/) project, which comprises : * COLLECTIONS (Audio/Video, Images, Immersive Resources, Texts, Journals, JIATS, Cultural Geography, Gazetteer, Interactive Map, Asia Map, Maps & Models, Monasteries, GIS, Special Collections, Cultures, Architecture, Art, Environment, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Music, Religion); * REFERENCE (Bibliography, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Tibetan, Nepali, Thangmi, Translation Tool, Timelines, Gazetteer, Rosters, Participants); * COMMUNITY (Rosters, Participants, Community Development, Tibetan-Himalayan Studies, Communication, Conferences, Mailing Lists, Discussion Forums, Announcements); * EDUCATION (Courses, Languages, Tibetan, Nepali, English, Programs); * TOOLS (Preparing Computer, Fonts, Tibetan Fonts, Software, Scholar's Toolbox, Developer's Toolbox, Technologies); *THDL INFORMATION (New Users, Introduction, Spotlight, Status, Site Map, Searching, Troubleshooting, Participation and Support, Participants, Donors, Guide to Resources, Contact Us) - ed.]

URL http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org): [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog (CBS Blog)

http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/
21 Nov 2006

Center for Buddhist Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, US

Supplied note:
"The CBS Blog is an online space for news and notes on Buddhist Studies in the Academy. In conjunction with the university seminar on Buddhism, the CBS Blog hosts podcasts and 'minutes' of all meetings. The blog also features writings, information, and digital media on other related events in and around the Metropolitan area.

The following podcasts are now online: LOBSANG RAPGAY, PhD "Going Beyond Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: New ideas in the theory and practice of Classical Mind- fulness with Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for GAD" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_case_for_ti.html *With extended introduction by Dr. Joseph Loizzo MATTHEW KAPSTEIN, MORRIS ROSSABI, ELLIOT SPERLING, & TSERING SHAKYA "The Tibetans" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_tibetans.html DAVID GRAY "The Illumination of the Hidden Meaning: Tsong Khapa and the Art of Interpretation." www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/a_new_look.html JOSEPH WALSER "To Publish or Perish:Nagarjuna, Mahayana, and Monastic Law" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/to_publish_or_p.html DANIEL DENNETT & ROBERT THURMAN "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomena" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/02/breaking_the_go.html YAO CHONGXIN (COMING SOON!) Chongshan University, Guantong, PRC "A Reexamination of Northern Qi Buddhist Stone Sculptures of Qingzhou, Shantong.""

Self-description:
"The Center for Buddhist Studies was founded in 1988, under the Religion Department of Columbia University's institutional umbrella, with a grant connected with the Jey Tsong Khapa professorship endowment from the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. Its goal is to support Buddhist Studies at Columbia and foster greater understanding among students and faculty. To that end, the center has launched [in Oct 2005 - ed.] a new multi-media weblog. [...] Contributions (i.e. posts, essays, digital media, etc . . . ) to the CBS Blog are always welcome. Please contact Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu) - ck."
Site contents: * Buddhism & Philosophy; * Buddhism & Science; * Buddhism & Technology; * Indian Buddhism; * Indo-Tibetan Buddhism; * Seminar 1999-02; * Seminar 2006-07; * Search;

URL http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Comments/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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The Eastern Tibetan Language Institute (ETLI)

http://www.etli.org/
10 Nov 2006

ETLI, Zhongdian, Yunnan Province, China

Self description:
"A non-profit training centre staffed by volunteers [from Australia, Austria, China, UK, and US - ed.] that is dedicated to fighting poverty in Tibetan and other ethnic minority communities in southwest China. ETLI is a not-for-profit training center located in Eastern Tibet (Northwest Yunnan Province, China) providing training to unemployed youths from Tibetan and other ethnic minority backgrounds. The training program includes courses in English conversation, computer literacy, customer service and tourism management. ETLI also offers a range of other English language classes for local students and will soon offer Chinese and Tibetan language courses to foreign students."

Site cntents:
* Courses; * News; * ETLI Background; * Our Scholarship Students; * The ETLI Team; * Teaching at ETLI; * How to Help; * Our Supporters; * Our Projects; * The Region.

URL http://www.etli.org/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Geoff Chan (g.geoff.chan--at--gmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Tibetbook.net - Online Bookshop

http://www.tibetbook.net/
08 Nov 2006

Tibetbook.net, Berlin, Germany

Supplied note:
"Tibetbook.net, based in Berlin, Germany, is a venture trying to open the Tibetan language book market to an interested audience worldwide. We offer both contemporary books and recent (re)prints of traditional dpe cha at reasonable prices and shippment worldwide. To give you an idea of the range of texts we offer find a list of currently available blockprints attached to this mail [these materials are *not* reproduced in this AS WWW Monitor abstract - ed.] You are most welcome to visit us at [the URL below] or contact us at info--at--tibetbook.net. regards, Xaver Erhard and David Holler."

Self description:
"In 2005 we founded tibetbook.net as we realized the growing demand for someone able to provide the community of tibetologists, librarians, Tibetans and Buddhists outside China with books written in Tibetan language. With Tse Lhamo we found a reliable partner in Lhasa. Our interest is mainly in keeping track of new publications, such as books, magazines and journals as well as the bulk of scattered independent publications. Tibetbook.net will provide lists informing about recent publications as well as sell these publications. Additionally, tibetbook.net can assist you in any Tibetan or Tibetan Studies related issue, such as researching, transscribing of interviews or computerising texts, organising travel and the like.
David Holler obtained his M.A from Central Asian Seminar of Humboldt University of Berlin where he studied anthropology and tibetology. Franz Xaver Erhard studied Philosophy, German Literature, and Tibetology in Dresden, Berlin and Lhasa. He got his M.A. from Free University Berlin in 2001."

Site contents:
NEWS; SERVICES; CATALOGUE ["The following lists represent all titles we were able to provide to our customers in recent years. These more than 1400 titles include besides regular publications a great variety of privately published and circulated books as well as some hard-to-find-publications. Most of these we are still able to provide. We arranged the books into 11 rough categories (just follow the links): * Medicine, * Gesar Epos , * Language and Linguistics (including books on grammar, language, dictionaries), * Buddhism and Bon, * Culture and Society (containing books on law, politics, folklore, education), * Literature and Art, * History (and historiographic resources), * Pictorials (these include picture albums on sites and landscapes as well as books on art), * Collections (gsung 'bum but also edited books on certain topics by various authors). However, some titles will appear in two or more categories, e.g. the hor chos 'byung would appear both in Buddhism and Bon as well as in History. Additionally we compiled a list of some important Series and are currently working on a list of *Journals.]; CD, VCD & DVD; ABOUT; CONTACT; DOWNLOADS [tibetbook.net list 2006.10 dpe cha (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.07 (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.03 (pdf), list of Tibetan journals (pdf), list of Bon-related publications (pdf).

[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) web site - ed.]

URL http://www.tibetbook.net/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: F.X Erhard (erhard--at--tibetbook.net)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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