- The LSA's 2009 Annual Meeting has been moved to San Francisco due to an ongoing labor dispute affecting the Portland Hilton. The host hotel will be the San Francisco Hilton. The LSA will enjoy the same excellent room rate--$99/night single or double, $129/night triple or quad--that we were to have had in Portland. More information
- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
The LSA Video Archive
The Linguistic Society of America has established a video archive to provide information about language to the general public. The plan is for LSA members to create short videos on topics of interest concerning language, which will then be posted at a website open for browsing by all web users.
The Linguistic Society of America has established a Video Archive to provide information about language to the general public. Short Videos created by LSA members, on topics of general interest concerning language, are accessible for browsing by all web users at http://www.uga.edu/lsava.
The aim of the Archive is to fuel interest in language among nonlinguists. The videos are intended to be entertaining as well as informative. It is hoped they will meet the interests of language enthusiasts, will spark the interest of others, provide topics and projects for classroom use, and show the many ways in which the work of linguists can contribute to industry, education, and other human concerns.
All members of the LSA are encouraged to submit a video to the archive. There is information below on how to do so. There is no specific deadline. Contributions can be submitted at any time and will be posted as soon as they have been processed. Contributions from student TA's as well as faculty are welcomed.
Any topic on language is appropriate, including presentations of theoretical concepts. A good choice would be whatever has proven most sucessful with audiences in introductory classes. A video might present a portion of a classroom lecture, or track students working on a group project, or include footage of field work, or present linguistic concepts in the form of a puzzle. Whatever the topic, contributors are encouraged to take advantage of the medium to prepare graphics and illustrations that go beyond usual classroom style if possibe. To appeal to this non-captive audience, presentations should ideally be simple in concept and attractive to the eye.
Videos should be short (about 5 minutes), but two or more could be linked to create a longer program. Tutorials on how to create a good video and prepare it for submission can be found at http://www.uga.edu/lsava/Tutorials.html.
TO SUBMIT YOUR CONTRIBUTION:
FORMAT: You may send in a tape (VHS, Digital 8, Hi-8, or mini-DV). Or if you can digitize your video, you may submit it as a Quicktime movie (.mov) on a CD-ROM or a ZIP disk. (PC or Mac are both OK.)
MAIL IT TO: Dr. Sean Hendricks, LSA Video Archive Director, Department of Language Education, 125 Aderhold Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7123.
SEND WITH your video, a signed consent form (see form below). This is obligatory.
IF YOUR VIDEO INCLUDES OTHER PEOPLE, such as students in a class, or language informants, you are advised to create a consent form for those people to sign, giving you their permission to distribute the video. You should keep these forms. Please check with your university or institution to find out whether they require any additional procedures for participant protection.
If you have questions or comments about the Website Project in general, contact a member of the Steering Committee: Janet Fodor, Merrill Garrett, Sharon Klein, Cecile McKee, Rebecca Wheeler, or contact Sharon Klein, Chair.
LSA Video Archive
Official Consent Form for Contributors
Name: _______________________________________
Title of Video: _________________________________
Affiliation: ____________________________________
Address: _____________________________________
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To whom it may concern:
I have submitted the above-titled video for use by the Linguistic Society of America Video Archive. I am the author of and the owner of the rights in this work. The LSA Video Archive committee has my permission to digitize and edit this video, and to publish it on a public domain website. Nothing in this statement should be construed as giving up copyright of the video to the LSA Video Archive committee or any of its members. I agree to allow the archive Director to keep one copy of this video on tape or disk, for the purposes of any later website technology upgrades. I understand that this copy will be kept in a secure storage area, and will not be distributed or used for other purposes.
Signed: _____________________________________
Date: ___________________
