legacy materials

[phil cash cash]

I should add that the recent trends in the linguistics field are 
focused almost
exclusively on the creation of legacy materials and less so on current
archived  materials despite their relatively equal status.  Just take a look
at the E-MELD webpage to see what I mean.  Whereas endangered language
communities have an interest in both aspects: legacy creation and archival
access. 
At least for the North American folks, it seems that the creation of
comprehensive searchable resource is a grant waiting to happen (hint, hint)!
Phil
UofA
Quoting phil cash cash :

> Good question Shannon!  Linguists seem to be fairly parochial on how
> to access
> legacy resources.  Maybe someday (in the near future) we can have a
> comprehensive resource whereby legacy materials on endangered language
> materials are indexed and searchable so that endangered language communities
> can gain access to critical information and resources.  At the moment, we are
> all are on our own. Phil
> UofA
>
> Quoting "s.t. bischoff" :
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone might know of some good resources for finding out
>> about various legacy materials in museums, archives, garages, etc. I'm
>> wondering if anyone has sat down and done a survey of all the 
>> linguistic work
>> that has been done on indigenous languages. For example, I've heard 
>> that Boas
>> left hundreds if not thousands of pages of material on indigenous languages.
>> Also, Harrington has quite a reputation for having left field notes 
>> in various
>> places. Has anyone done a systematic "inventory" of these types of 
>> materials,
>> or has anyone proposed some way to do such an inventory? Is anyone 
>> aware of any
>> archives that have field notes or recordings that are not be utilized?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shannon
>> PS Ives Goddard has a nice survey of linguistic work done in the 
>> Americas with
>> excellent references in the Handbook of American Indians 17, for those
>> interested in these things.
>>
>> __________________________
>>
>>
>> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. 
>> Insensibly, one begins
>> to wish facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
>>
>> --Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia

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