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30, March, 2011 CEAL 2011, Honolulu

30, March, 2011 CEAL 2011, Honolulu. China and Korea Related JACAR Digital Archive Documents: Directions for Future Research and Archival Service. Mikie KIYOI, Deputy Director-General Japan Center for Asian Historical Records. Topics. What is JACAR? Providing documents

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30, March, 2011 CEAL 2011, Honolulu

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  1. 30, March, 2011CEAL 2011, Honolulu China and Korea Related JACAR Digital Archive Documents: Directions for Future Research and Archival Service Mikie KIYOI, Deputy Director-General Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

  2. Topics • What is JACAR? • Providing documents • Contributing to historians and policy makers

  3. What is JACAR ? • Digital archives established in Nov. 2001 • Documents available for free access: over 22,000,000 images • Japan's past relationship with various neighboring Asian countries and regions • Spans from the beginning of the Meiji era to the end of the Pacific War (1868-1945)

  4. What is JACAR ? • Cross archival search

  5. What is JACAR ? • Cross archival search

  6. Search in English • Selecting - Subject titles - Keywords - Synonyms of keywords ex., “日中戦争” (“Sino-Japanese War”) 　 ≒“支那事変” (“China incident“) • Japanese page is the best organized of offered languages (JP, EN, CN, KR)

  7. Example 1 Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China / relating to the Revolution Party (including refugee), Vol. 1, Ref. B03050063900 August. 31, 1898

  8. Example 1 Compilation of Miscellaneous Documents relating to Domestic Politics in various countries / China/ Local Vol. 42-2 , Ref. B03050148300 May. 9, 1925

  9. Example 2 Uncivilized Tribes Investigation ReportRef. A06032548600 Mar., 30, 1920.

  10. Example 2 Uncivilized Tribes Investigation ReportRef. A06032548600 Mar., 30, 1920.

  11. Example 3 Progressing Korea, Ref. A06032012200,March, 31, 1942

  12. Example 3 Progressing Korea, Ref. A06032012200,March, 31, 1942

  13. Contributions • Improving the quality of JACAR’s database: -Search precision • Increasing the number of providing documents: -Providing “an international public good” for scholars and policy makers

  14. Contributions • Improving the quality of JACAR’s database: -Search precision • Increasing the number of providing documents: -Providing “an international public good” for scholars and policy makers

  15. Number of Access million thousand

  16. Collaboration • Extension of the JACAR database (targeting period) • Cross archival research • International network of digital archives

  17. For further information, visit http://www.jacar.go.jp/ or contact enquire@jacar.go.jp

  18. See you at the AAS tomorrow • Place: Room 319B, Hawaii Convention Center • Time: 2:45PM-4:45PM • Panel: #157 ‘Digital Archives and the Study of Japanese Foreign Relations’ • Panelists: Dr. Robert Eskildsen, J. F. Oberlin University Prof. Takeshi Hamashita, Ryoukoku University Dr. Ken Kotani, National Institute for Defense Studies Prof. Kanji Akagi, Keio University

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