1. Name and Location

2. Catalog

2.1 If the archive has a catalog in a standardized format, what fields does it contain? If not, what contextual information about the resources are collected? What other information would you like to collect if you could?
standardized format, in two

2.2 If the electronic catalog conforms to some standard, please tell us the name of the standard.
No conformity.

2.3 To what extent have the archived materials been cataloged electronically?
virtually everything

2.4 If there is an online public access catalog, please give its URL.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASEDA/ASEDA.html

3. Holdings

3.1 What geographical regions and languages are covered?

Main Regions Covered:	Oceania
Approx Number of Languages:	300
Main Languages:	Most populous indigenous languages of Australia

3.2 Please give impressionistic estimates of the archive holdings for each of the data types.

DATA TYPE NON-DIGITAL DIGITAL Texts: small Wordlists, Vocabularies, Lexicons, Dictionaries: large Field Notes, Correspondence, Misc files: small Descriptions (Grammars, Phonologies, etc): small Audio Recordings: small Video Recordings: small

3.3 Please list any other data types which are not included above, or any other comments on the archive holdings:
Digitised images of paper pages

3.4 What proportion of the holdings are unique to the archive and not available elsewhere?
virtually everything

4. Electronic Publication

4.1 To what extent are the archive holdings published electronically, where "published" means that there is a well-defined procedure such that anyone at all can get a standard copy of the data, either on digital media or over the internet?
a small amount

4.2 To what extent are the archive holdings accessible over the web?
nothing accessible

4.3 Is permission required before materials can be accessed?
often

4.4 Is there any fee for materials?
sometimes

4.5 How are author and/or editor defined for the electronic publications? Is there a bibliographical citation method?
Follows AIATSIS library practice generally but not strictly

4.6 Do the electronic publications have ISBN numbers?
no

4.7 What plans are there to expand the electronic publication of archive holdings?
under review

5. General Issues

5.1 Who is the legal owner of archived materials?
Varies according to AIATSIS deposit or transfer agreements for each item. Includes cases of all of the above.

5.2 Beyond legal ownership, are there any asserted or perceived moral rights concerning archived materials? Do the holders of the archive see the original speakers or their representatives as controlling publication?
under review

5.3 In cases where no electronic publication is planned, why is this so? (e.g. funding, licensing, technical know-how, lack of interest).
Mostly funding and know-how.

5.4 Is any of the data in a proprietary format (e.g. MS Word)? If so, are there plans to transfer it to an open standard (e.g., XML)?
Version is under review.

6. Do you have any other comments about digital archives of language material, or on this survey?

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