Welcome to the University of Michigan Linguistics Archive. These archives are at archive.umich.edu in the /linguistics directory. Please use the symbolic internet address if you can, since the archives move occasionally. --- what's here --- There is a collection of public domain, freeware, shareware, and other files that may be useful to linguists. Here are the directories you will see in archive/linguistics: /fonts various fonts of interest to linguists /texts a number of types of non-software directories: /texts/biblio, /texts/lexica (containing word lists), /texts/papers (containing offprints, and /texts/papers/available, containing publication lists), /texts/syllabi (containing the COSWL syllabus collection), and /texts/indices (containing the Levin verb index) /linguist.list back issues of LINGUIST mailing list /software programs of interest to linguists /celtline maintained as an online service for the Association for Celtic Linguistics /uploads recently submitted files, including software; this directory may be written to but not read; all others are read-only. This is the tree structure of the Linguistics Archive so far. New directory tree for /linguistics archive (as of Bastille Day 1994) [root directory (/) where you log in] | [cd] linguistics [to get here] | +-------+------------+--------+----+-----------+----------+ | | | | | | | uploads | celtling | software | texts | | | | | +---+---+ | +-------+-------+-------+--------+ | | | | | | | | | | | dos | mac | lexica papers biblio indices syllabi | | fonts | | nl.software.registry | available | +-+-+ linguist.list | | | mac dos +---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | | | | | windows volume.1 volume.2 volume.3 volume.4 volume.5 --- physical location --- The archives are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University of Michigan, and are operated by Merit, Inc. Ann Arbor is in the USA Eastern time zone: Eastern Standard Time (UT-5) between November and May, Eastern Daylight Time (UT-4) the rest of the year. --- ftp access --- You can use ftp to get to these archives (anonymous login, any password). For load management reasons, there is currently a limit to the number of simultaneous anonymous ftp users on the archives, especially during USA business hours (0800-1900 M-F). --- afs access --- If you are using AFS (Andrew File System) you can get to this archive directory with cd /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/linguistics If you are already in the University of Michigan AFS cell, you can cd ~archive/linguistics --- gopher access --- The archives are accessible via gopherspace. Look for the University of Michigan main menu. --- email access --- Email access is in beta test, but not yet available. --- Mosaic access --- Mosaic (WorldWideWeb) access is under development. --- work in progress --- These archives are not static and there is constant work being done to improve them: additional content, better access, more documentation, better indexing, etc. Suggestions are welcome. --- contacting a human --- Work on these archives is done as a volunteer effort. And while my time is necessarily limited so a response may be delayed, please contact me with questions, suggestions, submissions, or praise. I can be reached at linguistics-archivist@archive.umich.edu 7/14/94