ELAR - Other resources

ELAR's archive of language documentation is at: http://elar.soas.ac.uk

Advice for language documenters

• See the Depositors' pages for advice about managing and preparing materials for archiving at ELAR.
• Other useful advice for language documenters:
• Online Resources for Endangered Languages (OREL) - a comprehensive online bibliography by Lameen Souag
• Sound recording: microphones David Nathan
• Power solutions in the field: Using an accumulator Thomas Castle and David Nathan
• Power solutions in the field: Solar power for laptop computers Stuart McGill and Sophie Salffner
• Workflow for analogue capture and digital transfer of MD/Hi-MD recordings Ubiray Rezende
• EMELD School of Best Practices in Digital Language Documentation - case studies and advice
• Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity - especially its mailing list (subscribe)
• Language Documentation and Conservation - an online journal devoted to topics including goals and methods of language documentation, data management, and fieldwork.

Reviews

• Zoom H2 Audio Recorder Bernard Howard and Stuart McGill
• Zoom H4n Audio Recorder Bernard Howard
• iRiver H320 Bernard Howard
• Edirol R-01 Audio Recorder Anthony Jukes and David Nathan
• Marantz PMD670 Audio Recorder David Nathan
• Edirol R-09 Audio Recorder Bernard Howard

Other

• The Rausing Room
  From July 2012, the Rausing Room is no longer available.
• Linguistics Resources Room
• Equipment Resources Management
  This service is no longer offered. However, SOAS staff and students, and ELDP grantees, are welcome to visit ELAR staff in Room 346 or Room L52 to informally discuss language documentation recording equipment. For queries about such equipment, email Tom Castle at tc23@soas.ac.uk or Bernard Howard at bh@soas.ac.uk.
• Suppliers of language documentation equipment (stores and websites)