Digital Archive at Kansai University: Who creates it, for whom?

Abstract

Kansai University established the Open Research Center for Asian Studies (KU-ORCAS) in 2017, and Several digital archives are available at KU-ORCAS. This paper introduces the background that led to the launch of this project and the activities of the Open Research Center for Asian Studies, and provides an overview of the archive's contents. It also introduces other digital archives of Kansai University, presents the current problems of the university as a whole, and considers the challenges for the university to build and maintain a digital archive as a research resource.