As a result of my trip to the International Linguistic Center/GIAL, I am pleased to inform you that the Trust is now collaborating with SIL International on the development of an online library for localized teaching and learning materials.
Gary Simons– co-founder of the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC)– will be the enterprise architect for OL3. Gary was also instrumental in establishing SIL’s Ethnologue as the basis for ISO 639 codes for language identification.
Our vision for OL3 is for a global center on the web where all those involved in integral human development may come to find 100’s and eventually 1000’s of shells ready for localization.
Resource shells– and those localized in any language– will be archived and accessible in OL3 for:
- reading online
- download in a printable (PDF) format
- download in shell format for further localization by other language communities or social networks, worldwide
- research & development of the localization process
- language development and preservation programmes
- comparative linguistic studies
We plan to design, build and beta-test OL3 in conjunction with World Vision’s Shellbook Resource Adaptation Prototype beginning next month.
Life Access Technology Trust 
Great to see this major step forward!
I look forward to seeing how things develop.
Query: how do I go about submitting books from the Milne Bay Literacy library in Papua New Guinea to this resource centre?
Russ Cooper
We will begin with a research pilot as soon as possible, and announce it here.