Preparing your deposit

For many fieldworkers, preparation of your materials for deposit into the archive starts when you plan your project, and select your equipment. Advice about fieldwork, audio recording, data handling and related topics can be found at

• reviews etc on the ELAR resources page
• mailing lists, such as the Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity
• sites such as EMELD School of Best Practice in Digital Language Documentation
• newsletters such as Language Archives News
• other books, bibliographies; see HRELP Endangered Language Resources

Before depositing your data with ELAR, please read:

• Key points for archiving with ELAR
• formats and standards
• ELAR's metadata and deposit form
• ELAR's collection policy

If you have any questions or requests, contact us at archive@hrelp.org