News: Caribbean Region of the International Resource Network presents “Preserving Our Stories – Caribbean LGBT Histories & Activism” Launch & Discussion The Digital Archive Collection of the Jamaica Gay Freedom Movement 21 June, 2011 at 6PM (USA Eastern Standard Time) Panelists include: Larry Chang (co-founder of the Jamaica Gay Freedom Movement and Jamaica Forum...
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Europeana and Online Exhibits
In April, Europeana announced that they would be releasing a number of additional online exhibits this year. They’ve already released quite a few including: From Dada to Surrealism Exhibition Live Yiddish Theatre in London Virtual Exhibition Live These are wonderful online exhibits on their own. It’s also wonderful to see Europeana’s dedication to supporting...
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Newsletter
The Digital Library of the Caribbean’s diverse partners serve an international community of scholars, students, and citizens by working together to preserve and to provide enhanced electronic access to cultural, historical, legal, governmental, and research materials in a common web space with a multilingual interface. Please read our latest newsletter to learn about new...
News: Eric Williams Memorial Collection
30 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, ERIC WILLIAMS MEMORIAL COLLECTION CELEBRATES CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH “He made us proud to be who we were, and optimistic, as never before, about what we were going to be, or could be.” Arnold Rampersad, Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD (March...
News Release: Mellon Foundation grant will help Cuban Theater Digital Archive improve technical infrastructure
News Release from the University of Miami Libraries (a dLOC partner): Coral Gables, FL. – The University of Miami Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences have received a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to rebuild the technical and organizational infrastructure for the Cuban Theater Digital Archive (CTDA), a unique...
Library Travel Grants
The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies will sponsor Library Travel Research Grants for summer 2011. Their purpose is to enable faculty researchers from other U.S. colleges and universities to use the extensive resources of the Latin American Collection in the University of Florida Libraries, thereby enhancing its value as a national...
iPhone App for the Digital Library of the Caribbean
There’s now an iPhone App specifically for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and it’s available here. dLOC was already included as one of the collections in an earlier app. The specialized app is simply targeted to dLOC alone. This is just one more way to enjoy the amazing materials shared by so...
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Newsletter
The first Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) newsletter is out and online here. Read it to find out about so much great new work from dLOC, and definitely check out dLOC which is constantly growing and improving! http://dloc.com/
Concert to benefit libraries, archives damaged in the Haiti earthquake
News from the University of Florida (here and copied below): Concert to benefit libraries, archives damaged in the Haiti earthquake September 22, 2010. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will host a fundraiser on Oct. 22 in University Auditorium to benefit the Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative, which brings together international contributors to support...
News from UWI, Mona on Libraries in Haiti
Original story here. UWI, Mona Organizes Library Mission in Haiti Posted: July 19, 2010 As part of its efforts to assist in the recovery and preservation of Haitian historical records, the UWI, Mona organized a library mission visit from the UWI to Haiti between July 12-16, 2010. The January earthquake significantly damaged the main...