Training Future Librarians and Archivists to Create and Describe Digital Language Archive Collections

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Article presenting a major practical project to provide training in language archiving for future information professionals. In this course, graduate students in library science, information science, archival studies, and other disciplines learn to create the items for their own collections of language-focused materials, provide metadata to describe items, and make collections available through the Omeka-powered digital repository. The learning objectives of this project are discussed and compared with learning outcomes. It was presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on December 15-16, 2025 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2025.

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Zavalina, Oksana December 30, 2025.

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Article presenting a major practical project to provide training in language archiving for future information professionals. In this course, graduate students in library science, information science, archival studies, and other disciplines learn to create the items for their own collections of language-focused materials, provide metadata to describe items, and make collections available through the Omeka-powered digital repository. The learning objectives of this project are discussed and compared with learning outcomes. It was presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on December 15-16, 2025 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2025.

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Abstract: Unavailable until recently, training in language archiving for future information professionals who work with communities on stewarding digital language archives is now developed and successfully implemented in the graduate course at one of the major universities in the Southern United States: University of North Texas (UNT). To be effective, the training needs to emphasize development of practical skills. This paper presents a major practical project in our course, where graduate students in library science, information science, archival studies, and other disciplines learn to create the items for their own collections of language-focused materials, provide metadata to describe items, and make collections available through the Omeka-powered digital repository. The learning objectives of this project are discussed and compared with learning outcomes. The paper concludes with the next steps in refining and expanding language archiving training for information professionals.

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  • 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives, December 15-16, 2025.
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  • Publication Title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc 2025
  • Page Start: 45
  • Page End: 48
  • Peer Reviewed: Yes

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Conference proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on December 15-16, 2025 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2025. It includes 11 peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the workshop and an introduction from the workshop organizers.

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Zavalina, Oksana. Training Future Librarians and Archivists to Create and Describe Digital Language Archive Collections, article, December 30, 2025; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2543325/: accessed March 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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