Digital Archiving of World Languages

DELAMAN: Digital Endangered Languages and Musics Archive Network - DELAMAN has been set up to form an international network of archives that will stimulate intensive interaction about practical matters that result from the experiences of fieldworkers and archivists, and to act as an information clearinghouse. DELAMAN is intended as an open organisation where any initiative actively contributing to documentation and archiving of endangered languages and musics can participate. Collaboration with other initiatives (as appropriate) is welcomed.

E-MELD: Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data project - The goals of E-MELD are to (1) aid in the preservation of endangered languages data and documentation; and (2) aid in the development of the infrastructure necessary for effective collaboration among electronic archives.

OLAC: Open Language Archives Community - The Open Language Archives Community is an international partnership of institutions and individuals who are creating a worldwide virtual library of language resources by: (1) developing consensus on best current practice for the digital archiving of language resources, and (2) developing a network of interoperating repositories and services for housing and accessing such resources.

PARADISEC - The Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) offers a facility for digital conservation and access for endangered materials from the Pacific region. They have established a framework for accessioning, cataloguing and digitising audio, text and visual material, and preserving digital copies. The primary focus of this initial stage is safe preservation of material that would otherwise be lost, especially field tapes from the 1950s and 1960s. PARADISEC is a consortium of four universities: the Universities of Sydney, Melbourne, New England and the Australian National University.

RNLD: Resource Nework for Linguistic Diversity - This site aims to share skills on methods for working with endangered languages between language maintenance practitioners in the region broadly bounded by Australia, Indonesia, East Timor and Melanesia.