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Historical records show Tibet is an inalienable part of China

China's State Archives Administration on Monday published historical records that showed Tibet had been under jurisdiction of the central government for more than 700 years since the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).

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Shakespeare Quartos Archive Among First Recipients of Digitization Collaboration Grants

Washington, DC - The Shakespeare Quartos Archive is one of five transatlantic collaborations awarded the first JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants, announced at the Folger Shakespeare Library on Tuesday.

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China to Provide Information on US Servicemen Missing from Korean War

The United States and China have signed an agreement for Chinese researchers to provide the U.S. military with information from Chinese archives. The information may help shed light on the fate of some of the 8,100 Americans still missing or unaccounted for from the Korean War. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing.

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Sun Microsystems,Library Organizations Form Group to Address Digital Archiving

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the formation of the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, Sun PASIG, to bring together global leaders in government, broadcasting, education, and library services to share best practices for digital archiving.

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Siemens to Distribute Candelis ImageGrid DICOM Archive Appliance

Siemens Medical Solutions has announced that it has added the ImageGrid Archive Appliance from Candelis, Inc. to its Accessory Solutions product portfolio. The fully integrated multimodality storage drive is offered through Siemens' global sales and distribution channels.

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David Brown Becomes First Archivist of Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on June 15 that David Brown has become the first Archivist of the agency.

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PhillyHistory.org Makes Thousands of Historic Photos Available to the Public

Never Before Seen Images Tell the Story of Philadelphia and its Industry, Culture, People. From the building of City Hall, to the oldest church in Pennsylvania, to American's most historic penitentiary, the Philadelphia Department of Records holds the country's largest municipal archive of historic photographs, totaling over 2 million images.

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