The Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing) is a repository of data, code, and related materials used in linguistic research. It serves as a platform where linguists from around the world can deposit their datasets, free of charge. The repository is open access, meaning that all research materials are freely available to everyone.
TROLLing is a curated repository. All depositors receive expert guidance from experienced curators about how to make their datasets as Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) as possible.
TROLLing is owned and operated by the University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Oversight and strategic direction are provided by the TROLLing Steering Committee, supported by an international Scientific Advisory Board.
The repository is a special collection of DataverseNO. DataverseNO is built on the open-source data repository application The Dataverse Project, developed by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University in collaboration with many contributors worldwide.
TROLLing is also a C Centre within CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure), a European network of data repositories. It is harvested by CLARIN’s Virtual Language Observatory (VLO). TROLLing supports data harvesting via OAI-PMH using the following address: https://dataverse.no/oai?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=trolling
Is TROLLing really free?
TROLLing is operated by a dedicated team at the UiT University Library. We are committed to maintaining TROLLing as an open-access repository with no deposit fees, for the benefit of the international linguistic community. However, operating such a platform is not without costs. So, if you are applying for funding for a project and plan to deposit data from the project in TROLLing, we encourage you to include funding for data curation and preservation in your application. Get in touch via contact.trolling@uit.no if you would like to discuss this with us.