Comments on: Online resources for Chosŏn history: Government annals http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2005/11/online-resources-govt-annals/ The Korea History Group Blog Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:29:23 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2005/11/online-resources-govt-annals/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog Sun, 28 May 2006 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/?p=13#comment-791 [...] I’ve posted before about accessing the major Chosŏn dynasty annals online. These have formed the backbone of studies on premodern Korean history during the last few decades, but now it seems the emphasis is moving toward more detailed research using archival sources. What I mean by archival sources are all the surviving public and private documents from the Chosŏn period that tend to be called komunsŏ (古文書) in Korean. These sources are becoming increasingly available to researchers through a number of massive compilation and publication projects being carried out by some of the main organisations in Korea responsible for promoting the study of Korean history: namely the Academy of Korean Studies (韓國學中央硏究院); the National History Compilation Committee (國史編纂委員會); the Kyujanggak library of Seoul National University (奎章閣); and the Korean Classics Research Institute (民族文化推進會). [...] [...] I’ve posted before about accessing the major Chosŏn dynasty annals online. These have formed the backbone of studies on premodern Korean history during the last few decades, but now it seems the emphasis is moving toward more detailed research using archival sources. What I mean by archival sources are all the surviving public and private documents from the Chosŏn period that tend to be called komunsŏ (古文書) in Korean. These sources are becoming increasingly available to researchers through a number of massive compilation and publication projects being carried out by some of the main organisations in Korea responsible for promoting the study of Korean history: namely the Academy of Korean Studies (韓國學中央硏究院); the National History Compilation Committee (國史編纂委員會); the Kyujanggak library of Seoul National University (奎章閣); and the Korean Classics Research Institute (民族文化推進會). [...]

]]> By: owen http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2005/11/online-resources-govt-annals/comment-page-1/#comment-49 owen Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:05:35 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/?p=13#comment-49 Yes, the whole log-in thing with Korean websites can be very frustrating. Some do have special log-in facilities for 'foreigners', like the Hankyoreh newspaper, but even then I tend to find that it's hard to get it to work. Despite all that and the general incompatibility of many sites with anything other than IE running on Windows, it is worth persevering since libraries there tend to be very advanced with their digitisation of archives. I'll write another post on some other useful sites I've found, particularly for locating journal articles. Yes, the whole log-in thing with Korean websites can be very frustrating. Some do have special log-in facilities for ‘foreigners’, like the Hankyoreh newspaper, but even then I tend to find that it’s hard to get it to work. Despite all that and the general incompatibility of many sites with anything other than IE running on Windows, it is worth persevering since libraries there tend to be very advanced with their digitisation of archives. I’ll write another post on some other useful sites I’ve found, particularly for locating journal articles.

]]> By: kmlawson http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2005/11/online-resources-govt-annals/comment-page-1/#comment-48 kmlawson Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:00:51 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/?p=13#comment-48 Thanks a bunch for posting this Owen! I have to say that my biggest frustration with online research on Korea related stuff is basically: 95% of what is out there doesn't work for Macintosh 70% of what I have tried on a PC only seems to work right on Internet Explorer And as you mention, much of what is out there requires obscure plug-ins Finally, many great online tools and ordering books online through various book store links friends send me very often ask me for my "Korean ID number" which - of course, I don't have... All this is really frustrating, and I really hope this will change in future years. I really hope that web-standards and good cross-browser (which if standards-based comes naturally) resources will make their way online and that there will be more ways for those of us without Korean ID numbers to partake of the Korean internet world... Thanks a bunch for posting this Owen!

I have to say that my biggest frustration with online research on Korea related stuff is basically:

95% of what is out there doesn’t work for Macintosh
70% of what I have tried on a PC only seems to work right on Internet Explorer
And as you mention, much of what is out there requires obscure plug-ins

Finally, many great online tools and ordering books online through various book store links friends send me very often ask me for my “Korean ID number” which – of course, I don’t have…

All this is really frustrating, and I really hope this will change in future years. I really hope that web-standards and good cross-browser (which if standards-based comes naturally) resources will make their way online and that there will be more ways for those of us without Korean ID numbers to partake of the Korean internet world…

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