Category: ELAR Tech Blog
On the ELAR Tech Blog we share tips and tricks for language documenters, best practices for archiving and fieldwork, aswell as useful tools for metadata creation etc.
Preparing a Language Documentation Project
On July 15th the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme opened its 2022 grant round. This week on the ELAR blog we’ll share some resources with you to help you prepare your project proposal. ELAR depositor Martha Tsutsui Billins, whose ELAR collection is titled Documentation and Description of Southern Amami Oshima, produces a podcast called Field Notes. […]
How materials are preserved at ELAR
This week on the ELAR Blog, we’ll explain how materials are preserved at ELAR, and what you see when you look at collections in the catalogue. The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) is a digital repository for preserving multimedia collections of endangered languages from all over the world, making them available for future generations. ELAR’s mission […]
Editing Masterclass by Chouette Films
This week on the ELAR blog, we’d like to share a great resource to help you edit videos for your ELAR collection. The use of video in language documentation has become standard practice. Several of our depositors have written about the advantages of using video for language documentation and the positive reactions of community members […]
6 Tips for getting the most out of ELAR’s new platform
1. First thing’s first: Register with us! If you’re new to ELAR, registering (i.e. creating an account) will allow you to be able to access/download any materials with the O ‘open’ or U ‘user’ access settings. This accounts for the vast majority of the materials found in the archive (click HERE for more information about […]
New Alpha version of lameta released
A few months ago we introduced the new metadata tool lameta on the ELAR blog. Since then the tool has been improved and new features have been added. The lastest release is lameta 0.9.2 Alpha, a preview release. Before upgrading to this version, you should make a backup of your lameta project. We’d love to […]
Fieldwork Session Planner
This week on the ELAR blog, ELDP grantee Kristian Roncero introduces a Fieldwork Session Planner, which he developed while working on his PhD. Kristian’s ELAR Collection is titled An audio-visual documentation of Chamalal, a language of Dagestan (Russia). By Kristian Roncero Fieldwork is messy, otherwise “armchair linguists” wouldn’t call us “dirty feet linguists”. However, we should think […]
Working with an ELAR collection for your dissertation
This week on the ELAR blog, SOAS graduate Rebekah Hayes tells us about her experience using an ELAR collection for her MA dissertation. Rebekah completed her MA in Language Documentation and Description at SOAS in 2019, and is now a Research Fellow on the True Echos research project at the British Library. Why did you […]
Remote Linguistic Elicitation Methods
This week on the ELAR blog, ELDP grantee Richard T. Griscom gives us some insights on his experiences conducting fieldwork remotely – something he also recently discussed on ELAR depositor Martha Tsutsui Billins’ podcast Fieldnotes. Richard’s ELAR collection ‘Documentation of Isimjeeg Datooga’ can be accessed here. By Richard T. Griscom The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a […]
‘Frog, where are you?’ – looking for a frog in ELAR
This week on the ELAR blog, ELAR’s Senior Archive Assistant and Communications Officer Leonore Lukschy writes about her search for frog story data in ELAR, and the importance of metadata in endangered languages archives. By Leonore Lukschy Endangered languages archives provide large amounts of materials on underdescribed languages around the world. In times when linguistic […]
Introducing lameta
lameta is a new tool for preparing data for archiving. It allows you to enter and edit metadata, link metadata records to resource files, keep track of your data management work, and export data sets for upload to an archive. lameta is available for Windows and Mac and can be downloaded via this link. lameta greatly […]