Laurie N. Taylor, Librarian

Por favor, vea los anuncios de posición completos adjuntos en español y ingles. / Please see the full position announcements attached in English and Spanish. Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras Facultad de Humanidades / CRiiAS Convocatoria abierta a puesto de Académico Residente en Humanidades Digitales Título: Catedrático Auxiliar/Académico Residente en Humanidades Digitales Tipo de Contrato: Nombramiento Especial por 12 meses Salario Base: $45,720.00. anual / $3,750.00 mensual Tipo de trabajo: Tiempo completo (37.5hrs./semanal) Día de Publicación: 1 de abril de 2022 Periodo de Aplicación: 30 de abril de 2022 Dia de Inicio: 1 de julio de 2022 Descripción y tareas: El Académico ResidenteRead More →

I have been with the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and loving it and the community since 2008. I have seen dLOC grow from being called the “CARIFESTA collection” because it included only about 100 newspaper articles, wonderfully catalogued by CARICOM with each article on CARIFESTA. I have seen dLOC grow from project with unstable funding and an uncertain future, to where it is now as a secure, ongoing program. When I talk about dLOC, I so often start at the beginning and go all the way through. We have a good deal of resources on specific dLOC projects, dLOC’s evolution, and dLOC atRead More →

I am excited to see great folks in person at the Florida Digital Humanities Conference! And, excited to share about the Florida Digital Newspaper Library! (slides)Read More →

Please join us for presentations by book artists Denise Bookwalter and Paul Shortt, the Coffey Residents for Book Arts for 2021. The Coffey Residency for Book Arts is an annual program that provides an opportunity for a selected artist to access materials from the Special and Area Studies Collections (SASC) at University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries as the impetus for the creation of an editioned artists’ book. During the residency, the artist has the chance to interact with the collections, librarians, curators, faculty, and students across the university. Production of the project involves periodic consultation with the facilitator of the program, Ellen Knudson,Read More →

En plus de la mise à jour régulière des nouveaux articles ci-dessous, de nombreux journaux des Caraïbes françaises viennent de se charger et se chargent dans dLOC. Veuillez les voir! Avenir, Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087617/results Journal Commercial De La Pointe-a-pitre, Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087618/results Democratie, Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087619/results Nouvelliste: Quotidien De La Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087621/results Progres de la Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087622/results Antilles: Journal Industriel, Commercial Et Agricole De La Martinique: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087623/results Colonies: Organe Républicain De La Martinique: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087624/results Paix, Martinique: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087625/results Echo de la Guadeloupe: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087626/results Diario de Panama: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087627/results Eco de la Opinion: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087628/results Gazette des Petites Antilles: https://dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087631/results Bientôt disponible / Coming soon /Próximamente Union, Haiti: https://www.dloc.com/title-sets/AA00087629/results ============= New ItemsRead More →

Voting is now open for the annual Digital Humanities (DH) Awards. This is a lovely opportunity to see so much great work done by so many folks! Also, the Digital Library of the Caribbean has an entry in the category “BEST DH DATASET (E.G. A CORPUS OF TEXTS, TABLE OF DATA, OR SIMILAR USED FOR DH RESEARCH)” for dLOC as Data: A Thematic Approach to Caribbean Newspapers https://dlocasdata.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/ Please learn about it and others, and vote! Info and voting link again: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2021/voting/  Read More →

I often enough get asked on standard rates for consulting, as well as for stipends, honoraria, and speaker fees. Documenting here for my ease of reference and in case useful for others, and looking forward to updating as I learn more. Stipends vary a lot based on the type of work and time duration. Honoraria are so often a thanks (often $250-1,000 for a presentation, grant review panel, or several days of work) that are viewed as in addition to a salary. From what I’ve seen for consulting rates, these are normally first-and-only-job rates, and are often $100-125/hour for experts. Guidance like this example fromRead More →

For the UF Digital Collections, in addition to under-the-hood work, there are some new updates that you can see: Advanced Search update: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/search The Advanced search page is updated for clarity on what is being searched and search options. This will soon also be in place for the Florida Digital Newspaper Library and Digital Library of the Caribbean. Alert on the UFDC pages for the Florida Newspaper collection: Users had experienced confusion using UFDC with the newspaper collection, instead of the new Florida Digital Newspaper site, which has additional features (like the titles list with the ability to browse by county). Now, the Florida newspaperRead More →

UWI St. Augustine released a wonderful article on “Dr. Alma Jordan, first UWI St. Augustine and University Librarian, Caribbean pioneer in library and information services, passes on. ” Sharing here so that I can easily find this later on, and to hopefully help others in finding this wonderful and important story. Huge thanks to Zahra Gordon for excellent writing, UWI St. Augustine for publishing, and to Dr. Shamin Renwick for sharing it! See the PDF and see all of the UWI Today archives.Read More →

Each morning, I make espresso at home. It’s a small joy to make a single, small cup. It is a joy to take a moment and focus on one nice thing, and nothing else. Today and in recent mornings, Robins are moving through, chattering in the trees as they dance about the tree tops. Hearing them sing and watching them fly is another small joy.Read More →