A project of Harvard University’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, the Japan Disasters Digital Archive (JDA) is an evolving, collaborative space for citizens, researchers, students, and policy makers, and a site of shared memory for those most directly affected by these events. The digital archive is an advanced search engine for archived materials from all over the web, individuals’ testimonials, tweets, prominently including content from international partners who are building digital repositories about the disasters. The site not only facilitates searching of materials, but allows users to create curated collections and interactive presentations on topics of interest to them. Collections and presentations can be shared publicly and enhance the value of the various items accessible through the archive. The archive also features an innovative map feature that visualizes all materials that are tagged with geographic information in real time.
The JDA project relies on the support of partner organizations around the world to supply digital contents, including websites, tweets, video, audio, news articles, and much more1. The JDA does not store copies of the data; rather it seamlessly links to digital materials archived by partner projects, allowing you to search, view, and sort items across separate archives and collections in one interface. This page provides information on the general infomation of the project. For information on how to use the archive, please visit the "How to Use" page. Also more infomraiton on how to contribute information to the archive, please visit the “How to Contribute” page. You can find more information about JDA at North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources's website.
1 Conceptual Diagram of the Japan Disasters Digital Archive Project
