Living Dictionaries address the urgent need to provide comprehensive, freely accessible, and easy-to-navigate tech tools that can assist communities in conservation efforts and revitalization programs. Led by activists and linguists around the globe, Living Dictionaries are collaborative multimedia online tools that can help languages survive for generations to come. Ideal for maintaining indigenous as well as diaspora languages, Living Dictionaries are never out-of-print, infinitely expandable resources. They go well beyond a static print dictionary by combining language data with digital audio recordings of speakers, photos and videos.

The intended audience of this web platform is inclusive, diverse and multilingual. During the live workshop, we will cover the following topics: how to create a new Living Dictionary, how to add and edit entries, how to upload multimedia files, as well as how to record audio and video directly into a Living Dictionary using a smartphone or laptop.

To prepare for the training, please create an account at https://livingdictionaries.app/. The presenters have also provided an Excel file containing a 300-word elicitation list for those starting a dictionary from scratch, which can be accessed at https://langdoc.org/training/