LINGUIST List 23.3092

Tue Jul 17 2012

FYI: Volunteer with The Endangered Languages Project

Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org>

16-Jul-2012Jonin Cordoba Volunteer with The Endangered Languages ProjectThe Endangered Languages Project seeks volunteer linguistic internsto help identify existing endangered language documentation onYouTube. Working with the Endangered Language Project team atGoogle, volunteers will review videos that are believed to includeendangered language documentation and potentially reach out tovideo owners to suggest better metadata practices and participation inthe Endangered Languages Project.With your help and video owners’ participation in this project, we will beable to organize valuable linguistic information, and vastly improve thequality and quantity of our corpus of threatened languages.Interns should be linguistically trained, tech savvy, and havebroadband Internet access, and most of all, be energized to helpincrease the global community’s knowledge about the world'sendangered languages! For more information, follow this link: www.endangeredlanguages.com . Interested applicants shouldcomplete this short form by August 1st, 2012 to be considered:If you have specific questions about this volunteering opportunityplease send an email toelp-volunteerfaqgoogle.com.Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable