OLAC, the Open Language Archives Community, is an international partnership of institutions and individuals who are creating a worldwide virtual library of language resources by: (i) developing consensus on best current practice for the digital archiving of language resources, and (ii) developing a network of interoperating repositories and services for housing and accessing such resources.
OLAC Joins the Linguistic Linked Open Data Cloud: The OLAC system has now been integrated with LLOD... More...
New OLAC Page Listing Archive Submission Policies: As a service to linguists who are in search of an archive that could receive a deposit... More...
New OLAC Search Service: In December 2010, to mark our 10th anniversary, OLAC announces a new search service... More...
OLAC Standards - specify how OLAC operates
Recommendations - express consensus of OLAC members regarding language resource archiving
Notes - background information and guidance for implementers
General Information:
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Region: Africa Americas Asia Europe PacificOLAC Archives contain over 300,000 records, covering resources in half of the world's living languages. More statistics on coverage.
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