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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)
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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
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.
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. • Full-fledged digital archive • Digitalized images of historical records and database of cataloged informationaccessible through the Internet.
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.
Documents made public in 2008 (example) “Sento Shoho” (“Detailed Battle Engagement Report” ) “Record of International Military Tribunal for the Far East”
“SentoShoho” “Battleship Yamato Detailed Engagement Report” (ref.no.C08030564900) p.52
“Record of International Military Tribunal for the Far East”(ref.no.A08071243700) p.4
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.
JACAR’s Public Relations activities Key activities of this term • Concise JACAR • Ad-poster • Movie file
Top page of JACAR website Download DjVu Plug-in Plug-in 下载 DjVu Plug-in 다운로드
Top page of JACAR website On-site exhibitions On-site exhibitions Search 阅览资料 特别站 특별전 자료열람
Top page (Chinese, Korean) Chinese Korean
Search screen Top page in Chinese → Japanese Top page in Korean → English
Treaties of amity between Japan and Qing Reference Code A03023009200 (p.68~ translated into Chinese)
Catalog display screen Reference Code Reference Code 查询编码 레퍼런스 코드
・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution)
・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Japanese-Korean pamphlet, involved in Soviet publication (Problem concerning Korean Revolution)
・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Collection of literature on east problems
・Transmission of propaganda leaflet of newspaper of Chinese Communist Party ・Collection of literature on east problems