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[s.t. bischoff]

This is a timely issue. There are a number of "archiving" services out
there. You may want to take a look at DoBeS to start
http://www.mpi.nl/DOBESAlthough this might not be exactly what you are
looking for it may give you
some ideas (there are several similar sites). PARADESIC
http://www.paradisec.org.au/ is another source out there.  There is also the
very good TAPS checklist for choosing an archive. You can access it
here<http://users.ipfw.edu/bischofs/ling/colr/colr_start.html>by
choosing the "TAPS Check List for Responsible Archiving of Digital
Language Resources." This is an entire thesis, but chapter four has all the
relevant information regarding choosing an archive, which you may find
useful. You will find other information at the link regarding best practices
including a link to Protocols for Native American Archival
Material<http://www2.nau.edu/libnap-p/index.html>.
The Archive of Languages of Latin
America<http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/welcome.html>is another
excellent source for ideas about archiving. Finally, the Eastern
Cree <http://www.eastcree.org/cree/en/> website provides a nice example of a
community based online language resource that may be of interest and that
seems to have a strong commitment to permanence. It was created and funded
(in great part) by the community.

Over the last 10-15 years academics have been working on developing
protocols, best practices, and resources for online archival practices (see
Dobes <http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES> and EMELD <http://emeld.org/index.cfm> ) as
have community members (see Protocols for Native American Archival
Material<http://www2.nau.edu/libnap-p/index.html>).
One thing I think we can learn from this is that it if a community already
has some kind of tech support, a server, an archivist, and a language
program or some combination thereof  (not an easy feet for all), they can
create their own archives or online language resources with a commitment to
"permanence" for the resources. Partnering with first nations colleges is
another good route to take. One of the challenges with placing material in
an "archive" like Dobes is that it may just "sit" there. Placing resources
directly in the hands of the community as part of a larger program of long
term online language resources may provide more opportunities for community
members to engage in the resource (e.g. for use in online pedagogical
resources).

It would be nice if there were "one" place that provided space for these
types of endeavors. It would need to be flexible to allow communities to
create online resources to meet their needs, but at the same time provide
adequate space and security.

Good luck,
Shannon

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Dale McCreery <mccreery at uvic.ca> wrote:

> One thing that I am looking forward to is the establishment of a permanent
> digital language archive (rumoured?) to be in the works in Edmonton that
> will be committed to not just hosting, but also taking responsibility for
> migrating files to new formats, etc as technology changes over time.  In
> the meantime I just want to make everything available so I guess even
> dropbox would be a start!
>
> Because of how slow the internet is here I don't think youtube would be a
> viable option.  It takes me a half hour or more to download and watch a 2
> minute clip, so as far as serving the community I need files to be as
> small as possible for ease of downloading (though we'll be giving out
> physical copies on disc as well, so that will make access easier in town).
>
> If there was an established site like Youtube for audio that didn't have
> rediculously low caps on hours of content and number of views
> (soundcloud!) it would be awesome too.
>
> Dale McCreery
>
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