Lexical Database Archiving Questionnaire

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It's true!

I am asking around on different mailing lists to gain some insight into the archiving habits of linguists who use lexical databases. I am specifically interested in databases created by tools like FLEx, ToolBox, Lexus, TshwaneLex, etc.

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Eugene YMCA

Food truck in-front of the YMCA

This photo of a food truck in front of the Eugene YMCA says so much about the YMCA business model. Clearly the institution is about business. First and foremost it’s in the business of selling subscriptions. Subscriptions to access. Not life-changing results. Not better communities. Not pathways towards longevity.

It’s kind of just a little bit like salt in the wound when we realize that they stuck a vending machine in front of the workout center in the kid drop-off zone.

It’s just gravy to see a bio diesel sticker on the front of the truck and a gasoline power generator in the back. There is no sense of Green at all.

We can all be grateful that the operator rinsed his hands without soap for three seconds after he took his smoke at 6:13pm.

Academic Heritage in MARC records

I have long wondered how I might encode information contained in the https://academictree.org in MARC Authority Records. Obviously via MARC relator roles the information might be encoded within the bibliographic record. However, looking at the MARC 510 field on the linked record https://lccn.loc.gov/no2004069960, it seems that the MARC 500 field on authority Records might be used with several of the sub-fields.

Converting DC Subjects to Schema.org

DC has the ability to specify subjects such as UDC, LCSH or DDC. How would these be converted to schema.org?

{
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Book",
"name": "British Isles - A History",
"about": {
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"@id": "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/E48m7BJXdrm3XY4Xv86d88WGt3",
"name": "British Isles",
"termCode": "941",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ddc/"
}
}

Language Documentation Gear

I have been investigating some new video equipment for language documentation. Currently highly recommended is the Osmo Pocket 3 and the GoPro Hero 11 (as this has GPS embedded whereas the GP12 does not). It is not entirely clear if the GP13 has GPS or not.

Also my microphones need some attention. I need some endcaps and some windscreens.

I have been thinking about using updating my capabilities for recording and regularly recording Katja Playing Music.