Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems
Level: Intermediate
Status:
🟡 Alpha - Seeking Pilots
Start Lesson The Carpentries alpha Stage
A full draft exists and is being piloted by the original developers. Gaps or inconsistencies may still be present. Planning a hybrid pilot for March 2026 (2-month asynchronous cohort).
About this Lesson
Guides users through creating a lightweight, open-source search and discovery system for multilingual research materials using the Google Sheets API and JavaScript. Addresses challenges in making research collections publicly available and ethically represented. It also helps you to design a plan to promote your project and prompt participation and collaboration.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how description standards ensure ethical representation of data and multilingual access.
- Create a JavaScript-based website search system retrieving data from Google Sheets.
- Develop a plan to promote your project and encourage participation and collaboration in multilingual and culturally diverse contexts.
Keywords
searchmultilingualdiscoverygoogle sheets apijavascript
Help Improve this Curriculum
This lesson is currently in the alpha phase. The authors are currently piloting this draft. You can help by reviewing the materials and reporting any bugs or areas for improvement.
For more on how to run a pilot, visit The Carpentries Handbook.
Instructor Specs
- Duration: 3h 00m
- Level: Intermediate
- License: CC-BY 4.0
Cite this Lesson
APA Format:
Silberberg, E., Alonso-Regalado, J., Kellett, C. (2026). Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems. UCLA IMLS Open Science. https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/collaborative-multilingual-search-and-discovery-systems
BibTeX:
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@misc{collaborative_multilingual_search_and_discovery_systems_2026,
author = {Eric Silberberg and Jesus Alonso-Regalado and Cate Kellett},
title = {Collaborative Multilingual Search and Discovery Systems},
year = {2026},
publisher = {UCLA IMLS Open Science},
url = {https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/collaborative-multilingual-search-and-discovery-systems}
}Resources
Authors
Eric Silberberg
Librarian for Instructional Design and Education, Queens College
Jesus Alonso-Regalado
Subject Librarian for History, Latin American Studies, and Romance Languages, University at Albany (SUNY)