Much of the work of the Asian Classics Input Project depends on volunteers. We have a substantial and dedicated number of volunteers serving the Project all over the world. There are many areas in which you could help:
Administrative
ACIP's main office in New York, NY could use administrative support in the areas of typing, bookkeeping, mailing list maintenance, copying of texts to be sent to India, mailings, and special projects.
Logistically, we could use help in locating used computers or computer hardware and software skills.
Technical Support
ACIP's ability to make the texts and reference materials available on the Internet and to maintain the extensive database is due to the many hours of dedicated work by volunteers. The technical areas in which you could assist would be programming; website creation and maintenance; database management; text scanning and imaging; optical character recognition; video and sound digitalization and graphic design and web based management.
In the area of textual and linguistic specialties, the Project needs volunteers for helping to program Tibetan word-processing; assisting in font design and execution; and in locating, cataloging, scanning, inputting, and editing Tibetan manuscripts. We have ongoing programs for volunteers with an artistic background to help clean up the images of woodblock illustrations in the ACIP Graphics Collections, as well as opportunities for skilled editors to assist in proofreading our English-language research materials and the like.
In the administrative area, the Project is in great need of funding, whether in the form of private donations, grants, or corporate contributions. We expect our work in locating, preserving, and disseminating the great classics of Asia to continue for 150 to 200 years, not to mention the centuries that will be required to translate these great works into English for the benefit of the public at large. We would very much like to find an individual or organization that would be willing to endow the Project, so that this important work could continue well beyond the lifetimes of its founders.
To this end, ACIP has developed a detailed proposal for the entire scope of the work that must be done, and which will continue for a number of generations to come; this plan is contained in more than thirty notebooks of text, graphics, and budget materials that have already been presented to a number of interested parties. We would be more than willing to travel and make a formal presentation to any person or organization that appreciates the importance of continuing the work you find here.
If you are interested in any of the above, please contact our New York Area Office:
The Asian Classics Input Project217 East 86th Street
PMB 286
NY, NY 10028
USA
Tel: 212-535-6622
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