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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Dear
Korean Studies Scholars, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>On
behalf of the Korea Foundation, the Task Force on Korean Studies E-Resources
would like to announce <b>The Support for Korean Studies e-Resources. </b>We
have been received a number of inquiries on Korean e-resources from many of you
who don’t have access to these resources at your own institution. We
sincerely hope that institutions without any Korean studies librarian, in
special, take full advantage of this Grant program. Please share the following
information with librarians at your own institution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>1.
Object of the Support program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>In
response to the growing significance of online resources for education and
research purposes, the Korea Foundation has launched a new program
“Support for Korean Studies e-Resources.” Under this initiative,
the Foundation intends to provide program support to eligible universities to
offset the user/subscription fees that are required to access online Korean
Studies resources, for the benefit of Korea-related scholars and graduate
students. This program will thus serve to complement the existing materials
distribution program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>2.
Summary of the Support program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>-
Application deadline: February 12, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>-
Notification: by the end of February, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>-
Scope of Support: Up to 50% of the user/subscription fees, but not to exceed
$5,000 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>-
Applicable e-resources: online DBs, e-journals, e-books, and other fee-based
online DBs on Korean Studies provided by <b>E-Korean Studies, Nurimedia,</b>
and <b>RISS International</b>, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>3. DBs
and Collective Subscription price<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>E-Korean
Studies</span></b><span style='color:black'> and <b>Nurimedia </b>have been
providing online services of vast and indispensable e-resources on Korean
studies to students, faculty, and researchers worldwide. Please note that the
Korea Foundation Support program is open to eligible institutions worldwide,
whereas the price quoted below is limited to institutions in North America that
don’t have a full-time Korean Studies librarian. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Currently,
the Task Force finalized negotiations in group purchase deals with the
following two database package products with two vendors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>E-Korean
Studies (</span></b><a href="http://www.e-koreanstudies.com/">http://www.e-koreanstudies.com</a><span
style='color:black'>):<b> </b>9 DBs at $4,560 per year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Koreanstudies
Information Service System (KISS), KSI e-book, KoreaA2Z, Kdatabase, KPjournal,
Digital Culture Art Course, Korean History & Culture Research DB, History
Culture Series, and LawnB’s Legal Information Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'> <b>Nurimedia
(</b></span><a href="http://nanc.nurimedia.co.kr/">http://nanc.nurimedia.co.kr</a><span
style='color:black'>)<b>: </b>2 DBs at $3,820 per year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>DBpia
and KRpia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>For
detailed information on each DB package product and any questions on Korean
E-Resources, please contact Yunah Sung (</span><a href="mailto:yunahs@umich.edu"><span
style='color:#0000E0'>yunahs@umich.edu</span></a><span style='color:black'>) or
any other Task Force members listed below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>4.
Korea Foundation Contact Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>For further
information on the Support program, please visit the Foundation website (<a
href="http://www.kf.or.kr/">http://www.kf.or.kr/</a></span> ). Any<span
style='color:black'> inquiries about this Support program or application
procedures should be sent to the Foundation directly; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='color:black'>Ms. Kim Min-jeong <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
Senior Program Officer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
Media Department, The Korea Foundation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:mjk@kf.or.kr"><span
style='color:#0000E0'>mjk@kf.or.kr</span></a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
Tel: (82 2)
2151-6543 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>
Fax: (82 2) 2151-6592 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='color:black'>Address: The Korea Foundation, JoongAng Ilbo Building, 18<sup>th</sup>
Floor, Sunhwa-dong 7, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-759, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Thank
you very much for your interests. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Best
wishes, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Task
Force on Korean Studies E-Resources <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Mikyung
Kang (</span><a href="mailto:mlkang@fas.harvard.edu"><span style='color:#0000E0'>mlkang@fas.harvard.edu</span></a><span
style='color:black'>), Harvard University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Miree
Ku (</span><a href="mailto:miree.ku@duke.edu"><span style='color:#0000E0'>miree.ku@duke.edu</span></a><span
style='color:black'>), Duke University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Sun-Yoon
Lee (</span><a href="mailto:sunyoonl@usc.edu"><span style='color:#0000E0'>sunyoonl@usc.edu</span></a><span
style='color:black'>), USC <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Yunah
Sung (</span><a href="mailto:yunahs@umich.edu"><span style='color:#0000E0'>yunahs@umich.edu</span></a><span
style='color:black'>), University of Michigan <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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