Timeline

• September to December, 1996: gather materials not already on hand, and obtain permissions to digitize extant materials: begin digitization of all audio materials. Begin inputting (keyboarding) text materials and converting to standard format (Singapore system) for viewing as Tamil on screen. Begin the construction of the actual Tamil website, which will be housed either at ccat.sas.upenn.edu or on the Language Analysis Center server, soon to be co-located with LDC at a new facility at 36th and Market in Philadelphia.

• January-March 1997: begin keyboarding unpublished materials (Cutler, Schiffman, other text-based or hand-written materials); compile glossaries, cultural notes.

• April-June, 1997: Test availability and suitability of materials with small number of webusers at Consortium sites; fix bugs; update and add new materials.

• July-August, 1997: Take stock, confer with Consortium members on next steps. Publicize existence of website to potential users at non-Consortium sites.

• Discussion and Summary.