Would You Like to Help Us?

Working With ACIP

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, and in fact much of the work involved in preparing each release is accomplished by members of this group.

The technical areas in which volunteers have helped ACIP are programming; website creation and maintenance; database management; text scanning and imaging; optical character recognition; video and sound digitalization; and graphic design.

Logistically, we could use help in locating used computers for our refugee input centers overseas; transportation and shipping to get these computers to the people who need them; and volunteers who can help visit our overseas centers and assist them with their training, either in administration, accounting, spoken and written English, or computer hardware and software skills. We also have a great need for private individuals, especially in the New York or Washington DC areas, who could donate their time in helping with general office work such as typing, bookkeeping, mailing list maintenance, and the like.

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 and other western languages 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.

If you are interested in any of the above, please contact our New York Area Office:

The Asian Classics Input Project
P.O. Box 654
New York, NY 10028
USA

Director: John Brady
Telephone: (646) 827-9273
Fax: (212) 737-4619
Email: info1@asianclassics.org