OLAC

OLAC and Unicode Errors

A short summary of some Unicode errors in OLAC rendering pages.

The Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) for Ethnolinguistic Collections

Presenting OLAC for Audio Archivists

Where Have All the Collections Gone?: Analysis of OLAC Data Contributors' use of DCMIType 'Collection'

Language materials, as commonly conceptualized by academics, are resources which specifically exhibit or provide evidence of a naturally spoken language. The modern area of academic practice known as language documentation has its roots in …

Dublin Core Challenges

What are some really practical things that I wish were more feasable with vanilla Dublin Core.

Diversity and Typology Across OLAC Providers

Several publications have claimed that all Open Language Archives Community data providers are archives. However is this true?

Open Language Archives Community Research

A detailed look at information structure and technology issues in the OLAC community.

Where Have All the Collections Gone?

The Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) aggregator currently compiles 443,217 records from 65 providers. Participating archives each provide Dublin Core metadata via an OAI feed.Based on the needs of both linguists and language community members, …

Resource Discovery at the Linguistic Lab Level

By participating in OLAC, Linguistic Labs can advertise their services and their products. This can raise the profile of the entire lab.

OLAC Subject Terms and Their Equivalents

An initial look issues in developing a cross-walk between Library of Congress Subject Heading terms to OLAC subject terms.

Language Archive Records: Interoperability of Referencing Practices and Metadata Models

SIL-UND M.A. Thesis Defense where I discuss some sailent related to the ability to easily re-use archival metadata records to produce references in scholarly publications.