U.S. Department of Education

Technological Innovation and Cooperation
for Foreign Information Access

Projects 2002-2005

Authorized under Title VI, Part A of the Higher Education Act


Access Indonesia

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

University of Southern California
Center for International Policy, Planning, and Development
Von Klein Smid Center (VKC) 377
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Project Director: Prof. Koichi Mera
Email: mera at usc.edu
Phone: 213-740-8350
Fax: 213-740-0373
Project Co-Director: Sukumar Ganapati
Email: gsukumar at usc.edu
Project Manager: Emel Ganapati
Email: yucekus at usc.edu

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $195,000

Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

University of Wisconsin-Madison
279 Memorial Library
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1494

Project Director: Edward Van Gemert
E-mail: evangemert at library.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-0950
Fax: 608-265-2754
Wayne R. Hayes
Email: whayes at library.wisc.edu

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $195,000


An English-Language Website on Developments in Japan in On-Line Journalism and Information/Communications Technologies
[Japan Media Review]

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication
Online Journalism and Communication Program
3502 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281

Program Director/Principal Investigator: Lawrence A. Pryor
E-mail: lpryor at usc.edu
Phone: 213-740-9083
Fax: 213-740-3772
Program Co-Directors:
Dr. Gordon M. Berger
E-mail:<gberger at usc.edu
Dr. Takahiro Miyao
International University of Japan
E-mail: miyao at glocom.ac.jp

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $195,000


Sources of Authentic Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages

Project Web Site
Abstract of the project

UCLA International Institute
Language Resource Center
Kinsey Hall 360
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Project Directors:
Prof. Thomas J. Hinnebusch
Email: hinnebus at humnet.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-995-9746
Fax: 310-267-4722
Dr. Olga Kagan
Email: okagan at humnet.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-825-2947

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $175,000


Access to Russian Archives

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project.

University of Kansas Libraries
303 Watson Library
1425 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045-7544

Project Director: Bradley L. Schaffner
E-mail: Bschaffn at ku.edu
Phone: 785-864-3957
Fax: 785-864-5311

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $85,000


South African Collaborative Film and Video Project

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

Michigan State University
c/o African Studies Center
100 International Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1035

Prof. David Wiley
E-mail: wiley at msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-1700
Fax: 517-432-1209

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $150,000


Mining Hidden Gems: Building a Latin American Open Archives Portal for Scholars

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

University of California, Los Angeles
Charles E. Young Library A1540Q
UCLA Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Project Co-Director: Eudora I. Loh
E-mail: eloh at library.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-825-1125
Fax: 310-206-4974

Project Co-Director: Dr. Ning Lin, LANIC
lin at mail.utexas.edu
Project Co-Manager: Carolyn Palaima, LANIC
c.palaima at mail.utexas.edu

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $195,000


South Asian Information Access: A Federated Program to Expand the Resources for Understanding the Subcontinent

Project Web Site
Abstract of the project

The University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637

Project Director: James Nye
E-mail: jnye at midway.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-8430
Fax: 773-753-0560
Project Co-Director: David Magier
E-mail: magier at columbia.edu
Project Co-Manager: James Simon
Email: jsimon at crl.edu

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $195,000


OACIS for the Middle East: Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

Yale University Library
Sterling Memorial Library
P. O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240

Principal Investigator: Ann Okerson
E-mail: ann.okerson at yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-1764
Fax: 203-432-7231
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Parker
Email: kimberly.parker at yale.edu
Project Manager: Simon Samoeil
Near East Curator
Email: simon.samoeil at yale.edu
Technical Administrator: Elizabeth Beaudin
Email: elizabeth.beaudin at yale.edu

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $145,000


The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library and Information Community: A Technological Model for the Nexus of Information and Community in the Academic Study of Other Cultures

Project Web Site
Abstract of the Project

University of Virginia
Cocke Hall, Department of Religious Studies
PO 400126
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Project Director: David Germano
E-mail: germano at virginia.edu
Phone: 434-924-6728
Fax: 434-924-1467
Project Co-Director: Kathyrn March
Email: ksm8 at cornell.edu
Project Managers: David Newman (U. Virginia)
Email: dl4n at virginia.edu
Mark Turin (Cornell)
Email: markturin at compuserve.com

Dollar Allocation Year 1: $170,000

 


TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Susanna Easton
Program Specialist- IEGPS
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006-8521
Phone: (202) 502-7628
susanna.easton at ed.gov


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