Celebrate the official launch of the Jamaica Journal online in the Digital Library of the Caribbean:
Jamaica Journal Historical Collection Online
November 15, 2009, 4-6pm
Florida International University; Green Library 220
Event will feature Jamaican writer Donna Weir-Soley, reading from her book, Eroticism, Spirituality, and Resistance in Black Women’s Writings. Tour an exhibit featuring the Jamaica Journal with presentations from the Institute of Jamaica.
Admission is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Subscriptions to the Jamaica Journal and books by Weir-Soley will be available for purchase and signing.
Co-Sponsors Include: Air Jamaica, Jamaican Information Service, Jamaica Tourist Board, and the Latin American and Caribbean Center
This event celebrates the collaborate work of the Jamaica Journal and the Digital Library of the Caribbean. With the cooperation of the publisher, a long run of the Jamaica Journal from the holdings of Digital Library of the Caribbean partners has now been made available in the Digital Library of the Caribbean. These issues are now online here.
One issue of special note is that of Volume 10, No. 1 (1976), dedicated to the folk music of Jamaica. When originally distributed, this issue was accompanied by a vinyl record of examples of traditional Jamaican music. The supplemental recordings were converted to digital audio, and may be heard online. This serves as an example of how the Digital Library of the Caribbean can bring together information from different formats (print, audio, etc.) in one online repository.
Jamaica Journal Online: http://www.dloc.com/UF00090030/00029/allvolumes2
Digital Library of the Caribbean: http://www.dloc.com
2009-11-11