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The US Government Printing Office (GPO) is celebrating its 150th anniversary! Congratulations GPO! And, congratulations to all of us, who benefit from GPO’s work and from the closely related Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). FDLP is an early and brilliant program in collaborative library operations to ensure access and preservation. The University of Florida Libraries is the FDLP Regional Depository Library for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The University of Florida is also a core partner in similar collaborative programs that date back multiple decades, like the current Digital Library of the Caribbean which has an over 80 year history of collaborativeRead More →

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Press Release from FIU: Digital Library of the Caribbean seeks donations to support damaged libraries and archives in Haiti February 8th, 2010 MIAMI – The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), an international collaboration of educational, research, governmental and non-governmental institutions that provides access to electronic collections about the Caribbean, is seeking donations and technical assistance for the recovery and protection of Haiti’s libraries and their valuable historical, governmental and cultural resources. The Digital Library of the Caribbean has initiated the Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative, the goal of which is to help the country’s three largest heritage libraries and the National Archives, all of whichRead More →

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Press Release: Eric Williams Centenary Stamp Design Competition Port of Spain, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (January 24, 2010) The Eric Williams Memorial Collection (EWMC) at The University of the West Indies and the Trinidad & Tobago Postal Corporation (TT Post) announce the Eric Williams Centenary Stamp Design Competition, co-sponsored by UNESCO (Trinidad and Tobago) and Kelly Services Customs Brokerage, Ltd. The contest runs from January 30 to April 30, 2010. Since September 25, 2011 marks the 100th birthday of this “Father of the Nation,” Trinidad and Tobago’s Fifth and Sixth Form students are being asked to design a series of commemorative stamps in his honour, anRead More →

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Videos of presentation: “Politics and Resistance in Twentieth Century Haiti” by Dr. Matthew J. Smith, presentation sponsored by the Digital Library of the Caribbean as part of the 12th Annual Haitian Studies Institute of Florida International University. Red and Black in Haiti,  presented at book launch by Dr. Matthew J. SmithRead More →

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The UF Digital Collections (UFDC) now have fully functioning online metadata editing! It’s only been a few weeks since the UFDC self-submittal tool for  faculty to use to load materials to the Institutional Repository and for UFDC partners to use to load materials to their collections went live and now we’ve already added  full online metadata editing.  Mark Sullivan, the programmer who created the internal metadata editor originally as a desktop tool and who has now made the online tool with the same and even enhanced functionality over the desktop tool, released the online metadata editing earlier this week. We’ve been keeping the release quietRead More →

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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 LatinRead More →

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Press Release: Eleventh Annual FIU Eric Williams Lecture Touts a New Vision for the Caribbean MIAMI, Fla. (October 27, 2009)— The 11th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University will take place on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., as part of FIU’s African & African Diaspora Studies Program. As current events demand new prescriptions for emerging countries, this year’s Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture, “A New Vision for A New World Reality: Prospects for the Anglophone Caribbean,” promises to address critical issues of sustainable development for the region with a vibrant discussion of the implications for contemporary times. Former Jamaican PrimeRead More →

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Caribbean Scholarship in the Digital Age September 15, 2009 2:00 – 4:00 pm Graham Center 150 Florida International University 11200 SW 8th St. Miami, FL 33199 The Digital Library of the Caribbean will host three speakers on the use of digital resources for Caribbean teaching and research.   The speakers will highlight how digital access to Caribbean research materials is opening new paths for both research and teaching. Dr. JoAnne Harris, Brittain Fellow, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Tech Dr. Nicola Foote, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History, Florida Gulf Coast University Mr. Patrick Tardieu, Curator, Fathers of the Holy SpiritRead More →

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The National Library of Jamaica was awarded nearly $3 million through the 2009 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to conserve the Enos Nuttall Manuscripts. The Jamaica Gleaner explains that the grant: will save historically important documents which once belonged to the esteemed Enos Nuttall who served as bishop. His collection consists of 38 boxes of letters written by governors of Jamaica, clergy and laymen identified as a source of important perspectives during the period immediately following the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 up to and including the World War I. The manuscripts also provide information on the formation and development of several institutions includingRead More →

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Google recently released the Google Translator Toolkit. The Translator Toolkit allows users to easily upload text, has Google Translate’s existing functionality to automatically translate the text, and then adds “Translation Memories” which is a database of prior human translations. A translation memory (TM) is a database of human translations. As you translate new sentences, we automatically search all available translation memories for previous translations similar to your new sentence. If such sentences exist, we rank and then show them to you. Comparing your translation to previous human translations improves consistency and saves you time: you can reuse previous translations or adjust them to create new,Read More →