University of North Texas 
Community Memory and Language: Archiving and Curation Training
LAMlang Arc Training Project
Project Description
This is a new initiative from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) to develop a training with a strong experiential component to educate the next
generation of information professionals in the archiving and curation of resources
that provide the means to revitalize community memory, language, and culture. The
project will address the need for extending the LAM curriculum by incorporating content
focusing on meeting information needs of the users and creators of diverse community
language archives (i.e., community archives with language content). The LAMlangArcTRaining
project provides training and financial support for students advancing careers in
archival and cultural preservation studies, digital content management, etc.
Project Team
The LAMlangArcTRaining project's interdisciplinary team includes Information Science
and Linguistics faculty, information professionals, and Information Science doctoral
students with a strong background in Linguistics. We also work in collaboration with
community language experts and archivists. See the Project Team for detail.
Project-Developed UNT Course and Tuition Stipend
The project-developed graduate-level course, Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals, will be offered at UNT Department of Information Science in summer semesters starting 2024. Topics covered in the course are listed in the Course Description in UNT Catalog section below. The course is open for interested graduate and graduate-track students in any concentration of Library Science, Information Science, Linguistics, Anthropology, History, and other relevant academic programs.
The IMLS-funded stipend will cover enrollment in the Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals course (offered as INFO 5680 in Summer 5-week 2 session 2024 and as INFO 5385 in summer 10-week session in 2025 and beyond) for a total of 25 UNT graduate students in Information Science and Library Science degree programs.
To request enrollment in the Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals course and apply for the stipend that covers tuition for this course, please complete this online form by March 31, 2024:
With any questions, please feel free to reach out to us. See the Contact section of
this website for details.
Course Description in UNT Catalog
Theory and practice of community language archiving and curation in the digital environment.
Developing and managing a community language archive to support community user needs
and language revitalization. Digital content management and web archiving for community
language archives. Metadata element sets and data value standards for community language
archives. Preservation and access issues for community language archives. Dissemination
and use of community language archive content. Evaluation of community language archive
services.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Oksana L. Zavalina,
PI and Project Manager
940.565.3776
oksana.zavalina@unt.edu
Funded By
This project is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services — project number RE-254860-OLS-23.
