More on academic programs

[lmtoconnor .]

What about Margaret Florey's organization, RNLD? And wasn't Carol Genetti
at UCSB part of some type of consortium on language documentation? I
thought these were to be clearinghouses of info - but of course the
information can and should be in multiple places.

Loretta


On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:27 AM, s.t. Bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Peter! You've inspired me to create just such a webpage...it would
> be great if LSA were to do something similar.
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Peter Austin <pa2 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Shannon
>>
>> The problem with the Linguistlist search is that it does not seem to be
>> properly curated so if you go to the search link at
>> http://linguistlist.org/teach/programs/search-programs.cfm and choose
>> "Language Documentation" it will return 67 results but they include things
>> like a programme in "Bahasa Indonesia for international learners" (sic).
>>
>> I would think that what is needed is a properly curated listing like the
>> collection that could be drawn from the string of previous messages to this
>> list, or building on the LSA listing.
>>
>> Best,
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 April 2014 23:22, s.t. Bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> The linguist has a similar feature. You can search programs here:
>>>
>>> http://linguistlist.org/teach/programs/search-programs.cfm
>>>
>>> Selecting "Language Documentation" returns quite a few programs around
>>> the world:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://linguistlist.org/teach/programs/search-programs-action.cfm?RequestTimeout=500
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Shannon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Peter Austin <pa2 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The LSA listing for "Language documentation" only returns two
>>>> institutions that are not in Canada or the USA. Our MA in Language
>>>> Documentation that has been going for 12 years and graduated over 150
>>>> students is not mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> Notice that there is no information on Applied Documentation and
>>>> Revitalisation which was Monica's original query to this list.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30 April 2014 19:36, Monica Macaulay <mmacaula at wisc.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi again folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I emailed with Alyson Reed, the Executive Director of the LSA, and she
>>>>> pointed out to me that the LSA’s website has a searchable directory of
>>>>> programs:
>>>>> http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/directory-departments-and-programs.
>>>>>  If you click on the link, it takes you to a form where you can search by
>>>>> name of program, university, highest degree offered, and graduate program
>>>>> specialization.  And yes indeed, “language documentation” is one of the
>>>>> choices.  I feel dumb - I should have known about that!
>>>>>
>>>>> However, Alyson also pointed out that the resource is only as good as
>>>>> the data that’s entered, and they’ve been having a very hard time getting
>>>>> programs to update their info.  So if you’re one of the people who
>>>>> responded, check your department’s listing, and have the appropriate person
>>>>> update it if it needs it!
>>>>>
>>>>> - Monica
>>>>>
>>>>> Monica Macaulay
>>>>> University of Wisconsin
>>>>> Department of Linguistics
>>>>> 1164 Van Hise; 1220 Linden Dr.
>>>>> Madison, WI  53706
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Prof Peter K. Austin
>>>> Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics
>>>> Director, Endangered Languages Academic Programme
>>>> Research Tutor and PhD Convenor
>>>> Department of Linguistics, SOAS
>>>> Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
>>>> London WC1H 0XG
>>>> United Kingdom
>>>>
>>>> web: http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Prof Peter K. Austin
>> Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics
>> Director, Endangered Languages Academic Programme
>> Research Tutor and PhD Convenor
>> Department of Linguistics, SOAS
>> Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
>> London WC1H 0XG
>> United Kingdom
>>
>> web: http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa
>>
>
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