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linguistlist.org>Dear Linguists, Did you know that finding stuff on LINGUIST is just a mouse click away? Yes, you can now search the entire LINGUIST site and database for information by subject language, linguistics subfield, and/or keyword. Let us begin this interesting journey to uncover this unique feature by visiting http://linguistlist.org/search-all.html. Here, you can choose the type of resource (like book or dissertation) that you are interested in -- and you can choose multiple resource types, or better still, you can choose all the resource types. Previously, if you were looking for dissertations about Japanese, you could go to the publications area and use the dissertation advanced search and come up with 29 matches. Now, with this search feature, you can find not only dissertations, but also journals, conferences, papers, books, reviews, jobs, calls, linguists, linguistic programs, and web sites devoted to Japanese -- all with a single search command! This search facility will offer a way to keep up with what's new in your field. For example, if you want to find out all the information in the field of phonology, you will retrieve nearly 750 resources: 302 Book(s) 60 Book Review(s) 33 Calls/Confs 78 Dissertation Abstract(s) 33 Job(s) 1 Journal(s) 29 Linguistic Program(s) 181 Linguist(s) 34 Web Resource(s). You can also begin this interesting journey from our homepage by scrolling down the 'Search' drop down and clicking on 'Search LINGUIST Site'. We hope this search facility will be a great help to you in finding information quickly, accurately, and easily. However, we need funding to maintain these free services to you. We have (and need!) a staff of graduate students, most of whom are funded wholly or partially through your donations. Your contributions not only help LINGUIST provide services like the search facility, but they also help these outstanding students achieve their academic goals. Please make a dontation to keep the list running. Gayathri Sriram Programmer ***************************************************************** Please help us reach our target of $50,000. Even a small donation really does make a difference. To donate now using our secure web form, visit: http://linguistlist.org/donate.html For instructions on how to donate, or how to make a pledge now and pay later, see Message 3 in this issue or visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation.html Thank you for your support.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
linguistlist.org>Dear Subscribers, Making all of our services possible: our running backbone servers Since the LINGUIST began its service to the community in 1990, the kinds of service and the number of subscribers has expanded significantly. Through years of your generous donations, the hardware supports of our website have grown at the same pace to accommodate ever increasing web-visiting traffics and the software needs. Currently, LINGUIST web-site has a total of 4 Sun Solaris Workstations. They are responsible for different tasks. The first one, Linguist server, is our gateway server. This is probably the first and most significant one. It's holding all of our archiving issues starting from early years. If you read any URL link from our website starts with "www.linguist.org....", it means this page is from this server. The Linguist server witnesses the whole developing history of Linguist web-site. The second one, Saussure server, is named in honor of French linguist deSaussure. Two years ago, our web-site began to implement relational database and use cold fusion web programming language. The Saussure server takes the burden to house both cold fusion web application server and Oracle database server. The Linguist crew has spent countless hours categorizing all the information and links from our archive warehouse, creating thousands of records which are dynamically searchable by linguistic subfield and subject language. You may notice that almost all of our minisites are starting URL from "saussure.linguist.org....". Also the Saussure server is currently holding the EMELD project's endangered language data. Because Saussure is the most overloaded server, you may have experienced impatience waiting for a page to load during peak traffic time. To improve our service in the future, we need to upgrade the server. Of course, the task can not finish without your help. The third one, Victoria server, is designed to hold OLAC (Open Language Archive Community) data. This server collects information about language resources and creates resource catalog to make it searchable. The forth server currently running in our site is Listserv; this server stored all the user mailing list. All mailing lists has been categorized by region, which increases mail sending efficiency. As the Linguist web-site continues to expand, we will have more hardware to better serve our linguist community. Please help us with our fund drive and make a donation. Sincerely, Zhenwei Chen Programmer ******************************************************************* For detailed information on making a donation, please read the next message in this issue, or visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation.html Once again, thank you from all the LINGUIST List crew.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
linguistlist.org>This year we hope to raise $50,000 to support the students who work on LINGUIST List and keep the list running. Thank you from all the crew for your support. The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching scheme, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a scheme. HOW TO DONATE You can make a contribution by selecting one of three convenient payment methods: secure credit card form, check, or wire transfer. You can also PLEDGE your support to LINGUIST and pay later, i.e. send in a check. Also, if you do not want to use a credit card, but wish to pay in a currency other than US Dollars, you can donate via our European bank account held in Switzerland. See below for details: SECURE CREDIT CARD FORM: http://linguistlist.org/donate.html CHECK: Please make checks payable to 'The LINGUIST List Editorial Support Fund'. The address is: The LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund Department of English Language and Literature 612 Pray Harrold Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti MI, 48197 U.S.A. WIRE TRANSFER: For details on how to transfer funds by wire, please contact LINGUIST at the address donateMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue