This presentation discusses an exploratory study on resources and resource sharing among researchers in Intelligent Information Access (IIA). The investigation consists of two stages. In Stage One, the authors conducted a content analysis to identify resources used in 145 research papers and reports in two subfields of IIA; and in Stage Two, the authors carried out an online survey of IIA researchers to understand resource-sharing channels and the researchers' perspectives on resource sharing.

This paper reports an exploratory study on resources and resource sharing among researchers in Intelligent Information Access (IIA).

Presentation for the 2008 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications on assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata.

This paper discusses assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata. This paper reports on a content analysis of collection records in an aggregation of cultural heritage collections.

Lamkang translation of UNDRIP by Sumshot Khular and published by Community Action and Research for Development with English text of declarations passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 recognizing the history of indigenous peoples worldwide and outlining explicit rights that will be upheld by the UN.

This is a recording of Rawang speakers discussing establishing a school for teaching Rawang in their area recorded at the Tamwe Christian Center in Yangon. The classes happen on Sundays or in the evenings. They worry that students feel discouraged when they don't know parts of their language, especially older learners, so they would like to start classes when students are younger. They make a plan to train more teachers and create more books.

This is a conversation between Rawang speakers discussing establishing a school for teaching Rawang in their area. The classes happen on Sundays or in the evenings. They worry that students feel discouraged when they don't know parts of their language, especially older learners, so they would like to start classes when students are younger. They make a plan to train more teachers and create more books.

This presentation discusses a grant project on Cataloging Tools and Resource: North Texas (CTR-NT). The study aimed to discover the extent and utilization of cataloging tools and resources within technical service departments in the public libraries of the North Texas Regional Library System (NTRLS) and the North East Texas Library System (NETLS).

Handwritten notes including discussion with David Peterson comparing Lamkang with Khumi and review of words from word lists collected by Harimohon Thaonaojam with Beshot Khullar.

Photograph of Srinagar Burushaski speaker Hasina with field assistant Abul Hassan

Photograph of two Srinagar Burushaski speakers: Hasina (left) an Zamrooda Begum (AKA 'Mimi')

Photograph of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan, a Srinagar Burushask speaker.

Photograph of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan and Hasina, two Srinagar Burushaski speakers.

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi with Hasina Safdar, a Srinagar Burushaski speaker

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi with Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan, a Srinagar Burushaski speaker.

Photograph of Safdar and Mehboob, Srinagar Burushaski speakers Raja Safdar Ali Khan and Raja Mehboob Ali Khan.

Photograph of the neighbourhood in Srinagar where majority of the Burushaski speakers are settled. The historic Hariparbat Fort is visible on the horizon.

Recording of Huma Safdar, a student, reciting "Hira and Moti," in the Srinagar dialect. This is a popular story told amongst Srinagar burushos.

Transcription and translation of the recording of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan narrating the story of "Maghlot ke Girkits" ('weasel and rat') in the Srinagar dialect. In this popular story two boys are born conjoined, and are separated by a knife. The two brothers are raised by two separate clans, always meeting in constant contention with each other, giving them the nicknames Maghlot ('weasel') and Girkits ('rat') for their physical and behavioral traits. Knowing the brothers would create instability, the king separates the kingdom into two halves, creating the divide between the Hunza and the Nagar people

Examples of ideophones and reduplication with Rengpu Rex Khullar and Beshot Khullar

Discussion of reduplication with positive and negative connotations in Lamkang. Discussant are Beshot Khullar, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Shobhana Chelliah.

Beshot Khullar translates and discusses Psalms 23 with Shobhana Chelliah and Thounaojam Harimohon Singh.

A reading of Psalm 23:1-6 [Ren Paurina ungta Laa leh Pauril], from the translation of New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs by The Bible Society of India (2001-2002, 206 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560-001)

Beshot Khullar of Phaidam reads the Prodigal Son. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.