*CHINA MAPS BIBLIOGRAPHY DATABASE *

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    Acknowledgements

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    Contributors

The China Maps Bibliography Database was compiled by *Ms. Alana Boland *
(Research Assistant of CITAS - University of Washington) with the
assistance of Mr. Gu Ning  (Research Assistant of CITAS - University
of Washington), and Ms. Alisa Chang (Research Assistant of CITAS -
University of Washington).

Mr. Richard Cicone (Director of the Information Resources and Technology,
CIESIN) coordinated project support by CIESIN in 1994 and 1995.

The SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Application Center) China task group
coordinated data management at CIESIN. Contributors included: *Dr. Liu
Chuang* (Information Scientist and China Task Leader) for coordinating
between CIESIN and CITAS, and within the China task group, as well as
the data checking and dataset guide; Dr. Karen C. Sullivan
(Information Specialist) for the metadata records; Ms. Mahasin Z.
Muhammad (Data Systems Specialist) for archiving the data; Mrs. Clara
J del Valle (Data Specialist) for permission of the data dissemination;
Dr. Liu Chuang and Dr. Darryl Charache (Information Scientist) for
the World Wide Web (WWW) site; Mr. Richard L. Robinson (User Services
Manager) and Mr. Jack M. Evans (Data Specialist) for user support; Dr.
Robert Chen (Director of Data Center Services and SEDAC Project
Manager) provided overall project guidance.

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    Organizations

CITAS - University of Washington <http://citas.csde.washington.edu>


        (China in Time and Space --- University of Washington, USA)

CIESIN <http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu>


        (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

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    Sponsors


        SEDAC <http://sedac.ciesin.org>


        (Socioeconomic Data and Application Center)


        NASA <http://www.nasa.gov>


        (National Aeronautics and Space Administration )


        Ford Foundation < http://www.fordfound.org/ >