University of North Texas 
LAMlang Arc Training Project
Community Memory and Language:
Archiving and Curation Training
Project Description
This is a initiative funded by the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS grant no. RE-254860-OLS-23) 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 addresses 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 for students advancing careers in archival and cultural preservation studies, digital content management, and more.
Project-Developed UNT Course and Tuition Stipend
The project-developed graduate-level course, Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals, is offered at UNT Department of Information Science 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, Learning Technologies, and other relevant academic programs.
The IMLS-funded stipend covers enrollment in the Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals course (offered as INFO 5385 in summer 10-week session in 2025 and beyond) for a total of 25 UNT graduate students. To request enrollment in the Summer 2025 INFO 5385 course and to apply for the stipend that covers tuition for this course, please complete this short Online Form by February 15, 2025.
For any questions, please feel free to reach out to us (see Contact below for details).
Course Description in UNT Catalog
Community Language Archiving and Curation for Information Professionals: 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.
Project Team
The LAMlangArcTRaining project's interdisciplinary team includes UNT and Indiana University Information Science and Linguistics faculty, information professionals, and graduate students. We also work in collaboration with community language experts and archivists. See the Project Team for detail.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Oksana L. Zavalina
PI and Project Manager
940.565.3776
oksana.zavalina@unt.edu
