OA Journal Language Documentation & Conservation Gets a Redesign

Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) unveils a comprehensive website redesign that enhances the journal’s aesthetic appeal and functionality, elevating the experience for authors, readers, and staff alike.

This project includes the launch of new logos, a refreshed layout for journal articles, and an entirely new website, all thoughtfully crafted to reflect the journal’s connection to the Hawai‘i.

The new LD&C logo was designed in concert with corresponding logos for the affiliated International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) and the forthcoming journal section Indigenous Language Rights & Realities (ILR&R), emphasizing the relationship between all three. Each logo represents natural elements significant to Hawaiian culture and place, portraying the palapalai fern, ʻilima flower, and the ʻōhiʻa lehua flower, respectively.

The journal’s PDF layouts have been restructured to present articles in a clean and professional format, reflective of the high-quality research we are proud to publish. The new layout can be seen currently in articles published in Volume 18.

The new website makes it easier to navigate LD&C’s extensive archives, submit manuscripts, and engage with the latest research. This redesign marks a significant milestone in LD&C’s ongoing commitment to excellence and dedication to fostering a vibrant and inclusive scholarly environment.

For more information, please visit the new website at nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc.

LD&C is sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and published by the University of Hawai‘i Press.

LD&C is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on topics related to language documentation and conservation, sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center.

A formal Indigenous driven academic publishing space that privileges and centers the work of Indigenous and Non-Dominant scholars (e.g. elders, language speakers-learners, knowledge holders, cultural practitioners, educators, researchers, advocates, etc.) from a variety of cultural, intellectual, and/or institutional traditions and practices. Coming soon.

The International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation series, or ICLDC, has, since its inception in 2009, become the flagship conference for the field of language documentation.