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Proposals A-Z

Participating librarians and scholars provide information here about collections, archives and data sets of interest to area and international studies (AIS) research, propose preservation of those collections and the creation of new digital resources from data sets, and vote on the merits of those proposals. Community input provided here informs and guides the building of new AIS resources.

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Cenderawasih Pos

Newspaper (daily except Sunday); January 2017-December 2019, in Indonesian language.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Mar 22, 2022 11:10pm

Current Southeast Asia Newspapers

Except for Cornell and LC, very few members of SEAM subscribe to newspapers from Southeast Asia and rely mostly on Press Display, Factiva, etc or going directly to the websites of these titles.  This leaves US scholars without a basic historical record from the region.  This proposal will ease our budget, preserve and allow researchers to access newspapers.

 

This two year experiment whereby SEAM will pay and subscribe to newspaper titles from Southeast Asia through the Library of Congress Jakarta that will ship collated issues to CRL for microfilming using SEAM workflow.  All microfilmed copies can be accessed through CRL. 

The titles include:  Indonesia (Jakarta Post, Kompas); Malaysia (New Straits Times, Berita...

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Aug 11, 2023 5:38pm

G

Gerak Masjarakat

Monthly/ bi-monthly general interest magazine, mix of news, politics, stories, illustrations & photos, ads.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
May 18, 2020 10:53am

Guo ji ri bao = International daily news

Microfilming of Chinese language newspaper from Indonesia. Guo ji ri bao 國際日報 = International daily news published out of Jakarta. (LCCN: 2006340503). The newspaper was started after the lifting of restrictions on Chinese language in Indonesia. Indonesia Shang Bao also is a daily newspaper business and finance Chinese which first published in the reform era after the collapse of the New Order government on May 12, 1998. Indonesia Shang Bao was first launched on April 17, 2000. Indonesia Shang Bao's biggest partners are the Bisnis Indonesia group and Sinar Harapan newspaper.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Jan 13, 2020 3:56pm

Y

Yindunixiya shang bao = Indonesia shang bao

The Library of Congress no longer acquires Southeast Asia Chinese newspapers. This would ensure a Chinese language paper from Indonesia is preserved. Important documentation for Chinese influence and population in Indonesia. Wikipedia: Indonesia Shang Bao (Chinese: 印度尼西亞 商报), is a Mandarin-language newspaper published in Indonesia.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Jan 24, 2020 10:39am


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