Types of materials

ELAR accepts materials that are

• digital

ELAR is a digital archive and will normally receive materials in digital form. If you have analogue materials (eg analogue sound or video tapes), ELAR may (on a case by case basis) provide a digitising service or may provide facilities for you to digitise your own materials onsite at SOAS. However, normally, ELDP funded grantees are expected to create and deposit digital materials. See also analogue materials below.

• language documentation

See our page on Language documentation and various sources in Online Resources for Endangered Languages for information on Language documentation.

• related to endangered languages

We understand that it may be difficult to decide if a language is endangered - please contact us if you want to discuss the status of a particular language.

Note that all deposits must be accompanied by suitable metadata and a deposit form.

ELAR does not archive physical objects such as tapes or paper documents. Analogue tapes may in some cases be processed by our digitising service, or you may ask about coming to ELAR to use our digitising equipment. Sometimes, analogue materials such as tapes and paper documents may be digitised or scanned at ELAR in the context of specific projects or in cases such as valuable or unique documents. In all cases, contact ELAR to discuss arrangements before sending any analogue materials.