Re: Conlang Library (was Re: Doing a research paper...)

I don't know how popular a physical source would be, but I would love to see
an online storage library.

--Kora
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Naeher" <enaeher@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Conlang Library (was Re: Doing a research paper...)


> This question got me thinking about the desirability and feasibility of
> creating a central library/archives for conlang materials.  I know there
are
> quite a few people out there who have printed grammars and so on, as well
as
> the larger group-administered languages (Lojban, etc.)  Many of these
> probably don't stay in print for very long, and the few copies that are
> printed end up scattered hither and yon.  And, of course, there are
probably
> countless conlangers' notes that are lost when they lose interest in a
> particular language, or conlanging in general.
>
> Would anyone donate printed matter, or mss. or copies of mss., to such a
> repository if it existed and were publicly accessible?  Printed volumes
> could be borrowed by mail, and copies of mss. material made available.  It
> seems to me that this would help preserve a good deal of often-ephemeral
> conlang material that would otherwise be lost (but maybe that's just
because
> I'm a library geek).
>
> --Eli
>
> "If you want to get laid, go to college.  If you want an education, go to
> the library." -- Frank Zappa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E. Naeher" <enaeher@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Doing a research paper...
>
>
> > The aforementioned _Lunatic Lovers of Language_, by Marina Yaguello, is
> not
> > likely to be found in a public library but you will probably be able to
> find
> > it at a decent university library.  Umberto Eco's _The Search for the
> > Perfect Language_ is much easier to find (and much better).  Many of
> > Tolkien's books have linguistic information.  And any decent library
> should
> > have something on Esperanto, and maybe Klingon if you're lucky.
> >
> > --Eli
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hiro M." <hiro_m_2k@...>
> > To: <CONLANG@...>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:18 PM
> > Subject: Doing a research paper...
> >
> >
> > > ...on conlangs, and my teacher said that we must have
> > > 5 sources, and only 2 can come from the internet.
> > >
> > > Could anyone suggest a source or two that I would be
> > > likely to find in a public library?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hiro2k
> > >
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