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Title:		Assessing access level as a quality criterion
Bibliographic Citation:		2023-09; Article; Kaipuleohone University of Hawai'i Digital Language Archive;https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74738.
Date (W3CDTF):		2023-09
Description:		This paper discusses levels of access in language archives and their implications for assessment. In the absence of well-established criteria, part of the evaluation of language archives is often based on accessibility; roughly, the more “unrestricted” or “open access” content, the better the archive. In this paper, I argue that whilst open access may be indicative of good scientific practices, such criteria cannot be extrapolated to documentary linguistics. I start by explaining the differences between those concepts. Then I discuss the dialectic tension in which language depositors frequently find themselves. On the one hand, archives and grant agencies ask them to archive as much as possible with unrestricted access while also gathering a corpus as “naturalistic” and diverse as possible in terms of content, genres, speakers, and so forth. On the other hand, depositors are expected to behave ethically, which involves restricting access to certain materials. I move on to lesser-discussed cases illustrating how ethical decisions concerning accessibility are strongly bound to the needs and situations of the specific communities at a specific time. I finish by proposing new evaluation criteria, which do not penalise depositors for behaving ethically in situations out of their control, and a summary of the discussion.
		National Foreign Language Resource Center
Format:		Article
		19
Identifier:		Roncero, Kristian. 2023. Assessing access level as a quality criterion. Language Documentation & Conservation 17: 278-296.
		1934-5275
Identifier (URI):		https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74738
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Publisher:		University of Hawaii Press
Table Of Contents:		Roncero.pdf
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DateStamp:		2023-09-27
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Citation:		n.a. 2023. University of Hawaii Press.
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