Equipment

As of March 2004, the Language Resource Center has 8 public Macintosh stations, 4 public Windows stations, 3 scanning stations, 1 audio digitizing station, 1 video digitizing station, 5 multi-regional and multi-standard video stations equipped with DVD and VHS players, and 10 traditional language lab stations for record/playback pronunciation practice.

The Department of Humanities Resources, of which the LRC is part, operates 9 servers for student and faculty use. The total storage capability is more than 5 terabytes. A Faculty Lab is also available, exclusively for faculty, and has similar equipment.

The LRC maintains a loaner pool of digital cameras, camcorders, remote microphones and iPods available for faculty and faculty-supervised student research and development projects. Laptop computers are also available through Humanities Resources.


Services

The Language Resource Center maintains the Digital Media Lab server which provides audio, video and other resources for all members of the community who have computers and high speed access to the Dartmouth network. Depending on the licensing arrangements for certain materials, users can access them freely or with usernames and passwords supplied by the instructors of various courses. You may access the Digital Media Lab at: http://pushkin1.dartmouth.edu

Most of our users listen and practice in their dormitory rooms, using web browsers to access materials that are assigned by an instructor, some of which accompany textbooks. Users without high speed access (such as DSL or cable modem connections at home) should visit the LRC or use Dartmouth's public computers such as those in the Library. If you have any questions about your internet access, please contact the LRC staff.

Users requiring copies of audio tapes for use off campus or on trips are encouraged to take advantage of the iPod loaner service. The LRC provides these without charge and can be loaded with specific language material on short notice.

The LRC also provides specialized services needed for today's emphasis on learning and teaching languages with a high level of technology. Among these services are help with standards and formats for all types of analog and digital media conversions, and assistance with all the various types of equipment and software available in the LRC.


Collections

The LRC maintains a collection of current course-related material on the Digital Media Lab Server. Other materials are kept inside the LRC. Those materials include textbooks, dictionaries, small "self-study" language materials in several dozen languages, and an ever increasing collection of CD-ROMs, and DVDs for various specialized purposes. A database of these materials is kept current at: http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/lrc


Other Resources

LLTI-List: Since 1994 Humanities Resources has been the home of the Language Learning Technology International listserv LLTI@dartmouth.edu. This list is read by as many as 1300 subscribers in 45 countries on a daily basis. A searchable archive available at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/archives/llti.html provides a wealth of information on all topics concerning language learning and teaching.

Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching: This organization supports research and development in languages. Its website is located on one of the Humanities Resources servers at http://consortium.dartmouth.edu. It is maintained by Dartmouth students.

DL-Recorder: This is a development project by Dartmouth student David Schnur '05. He is working on a computer simulation of the record and playback capabilities of traditional language lab equipment. For more information, visit: http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/dlrecorder.

Web-Annotext: A development project by Dartmouth student Todor Kalaydjiev '05, Web-Annotext is a web-based multimedia environment that handles, glossaries, audio, video and graphics for text enrichment. For more information, visit http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/annotext

Chinese Pedagogical Site: A development project by Prof. Hua-Yuan Li Mowry. For more information, visit http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/chinese

Modern Greek Site: A development project for Prof. Peter Bien. For more information, visit http://ellinikasimera.dartmouth.edu

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Last updated 15 March 2005