Resources Room
The Linguistics Resources Room is located in L52 on the lower ground floor of the SOAS main building. It houses a range of specialist technical facilities to support the work of students and staff in the Department of Linguistics.
Facilities
The facilities available are:
- The digital recording booth, a sound proofed room with self recording facility or with technician supported recording.
- 2 PC computers and 1 Apple Macintosh Computer for student use.
- Digital video editing on PC with Adobe Premiere.
- Digital audio editing on PC using Goldwave.
- DVD & CD writing and printing facilities.
- Archive material playback, from 78rpm, 45rpm & 33rpm discs, reel to reel tapes (single 2 track & 4 track), compact cassettes, minidisc, DAT tape, VHS Tape & Sony Umatics tape.
- 2 Catalogued archives of Historic material made by SOAS researchers over the years from the late 1930s onward, on 78 rpm gramophone disc and reel to reel tape.
Support
All of the facilities are technically supported by Bernard Howard, the Linguistics Resources Room Technician.
Bernard can make digital copies of any of the items you are interested in, your own tapes/discs, or archive material, just bring along a blank CD and he will retrieve the item and write it for you. Note that copying of copyrighted material is subject to having written permission from the copyright holders.
Bernard can also provide support for research equipment, i.e. making up leads for solar panels, microphones, etc.
Opening hours, access and equipment booking
To book the use of any of the facilities in L52 please either e-mail Bernard (bh@soas.ac.uk), or ring on 0207 898 4974 (external) or 4974 (internal), or come along to L52. The booking of loan equipment is at present made using an equipment loan form (Word format, PDF format).
Those students at present authorised to borrow equipment are Field Methods students and PhD students on field work for the Endangered Languages Project. This is under review at the present time.
The normal opening hours are:
Monday - Friday
9:45-13:00, 14:00-17:30
Exceptions:
00-15:00
Thursday -11:00-12:00
If Bernard is away from L52 for any length of time, apart from lunch, a notice is put on the door and the telephone answering service is activated.
Downloads:
An inventory of equipment for use in L52 (as of March 2007):
Word format
PDF format
An equipment loan form:
Word format
PDF format
