Platform Asia Collections, CDNLAO Newsletter 39

No. 39, September 2000

(News from the International Institute for Asian Studies)
Platform Asia Collections

The Platform Asia Collections
The Platform Asia Collections (PAC) is a working group of representatives from Dutch libraries with Asian Collections, which was set up through the co-ordination of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in 1996. The PAC provides the first platform of its kind in the Netherlands. The aim of the Platform is to improve service to the users of the libraries involved, by 1) improving the overall co-ordination and co-operation amongst the various libraries concerned; 2) improving the co-ordination of the participating libraries with regard to their acquisition of Asian collections and by 3) improving accessibility to the collections by making optimal use of oppor-tunities presented by Information and Communi-cati-ons Technology (ICT) and the World Wide Web (WWW).

Activities
Within the PAC framework, consul-tation on the co-ordination of collections takes place on a regular basis. The first fruits of this co-ordination were a workshop entitled 'Developments in the co-operation of Asian Collections' held in 1997, and two databases: 1) an inventory of journals on Asian Studies available in Dutch libraries (IPAC), which will be accessible via the Internet soon; and 2) an inventory of Asian Collections of Dutch Libraries, entitled 'IIAS Guide to Asian Collections in the Netherlands'. Besides this, individual PAC members have initiated new databases.

PAC members

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden en Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), library
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA), library
International Institute for Social History (IISG), Amsterdam
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, library
Amsterdam Historical Museum
Universiteit Leiden (UL): University library; library of the SinologicalInstitute; Japanology and Korean Studies library; Van Vollenhoven Instituut; Kern Institute; VENA Library and Information Services
Royal Institute for Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV), Leiden
The Royal Library (KB), Den Haag
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR), library
Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen (LUW), library
Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD), Amsterdam

More information:
For more information please contact the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
the Netherlands
tel.: 0031-71-527 22 27
fax: 0031-71-527 4162
e-mail: iias@rullet.leidenuniv.nl
http://www.iias.nl

About the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
The International Instutute for Asian Studies is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The main objective of the IIAS is to encourage Asian Studies in the Humanities and the Social Sciences and to promote national and international co-operation in these fields.