Digital Library of the Caribbean

Shared History & Collections

• Need for multiple copies for access and preservation led to cooperative agreements for collections in paper, microfilm, and digital formats

Florida & Caribbean Cooperative Collections

• 1930s: UF begins academic program on Latin America and begins collecting Latin American materials for the libraries

• 1939: Acting University Librarian, Henrie May Eddy dies in a plane crash while traveling to Brazil on a Latin American collection development trip

• 1947: UF establishes Florida Newspaper Project, microfilming Florida newspapers• 1948: Fund created for acquisition of Inter-American and Caribbean materials• 1948: Farmington Plan began (US based collaborative collecting of foreign materials, Caribbean not

included)• 1951: UF appoints a Latin American Bibliographer and Latin American Collection is established• 1952: Farmington Plan modified; UF accepts total responsibility for the Caribbean • 1956: SALALM founded• 1956: Association for Research Libraries (ARL) began the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project• 1996-1998: Caribbean Newspaper Imaging Project, Phase I (Mellon Grant)• 1999: Caribbean Newspaper Imaging Project, Phase II (Mellon Grant)• 2000: University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Libraries and the Virgin Islands Division of Libraries, Archives

& Museums (DLAM) are awarded a digitization grant; the University of Florida Libraries provide technical infrastructure (IMLS Grant)

• 2004-2009: Digital Library of the Caribbean (TICFIA Grant)• 2009-2013: Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library (TICFIA Grant)

Digital Library of the Caribbean

• 1998: Conceived• 2000: Building Partnerships• 2004: Grant received from the US Department

of Education (TICFIA)

dLOC Project Structure

• Concept– Provide a digital voice to those institutions in the

Caribbean who wished to contribute– Build infrastructure through equipment and

training throughout the Caribbean– Assist in digital preservation of the resources

threatened materials

dLOC Project Structure• Whole is more than the sum of its parts

– Technologically• Shared core infrastructure with one technical partner • Modular infrastructure so that all materials are cross-listed, cross-searchable and

each partner’s materials display under each partner with customized interfaces and attribution on each item

– Shared governance• Executive Board

– Nine members elected by partner institutions

• Scholarly Advisory Board– Seven members appointed by the Executive Board

– Shared responsibilities • Selecting content, permissions and copyright review, digitizing materials,

participating in building dLOC through individual and collective work• Contributing partners retain all rights to their materials

dLOC Original Partners

• Archives Nationales d'Haiti• CARICOM• La Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo• National Library of Jamaica• Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela• University of the Virgin Islands• Florida International University• University of Central Florida• University of Florida

dLOC Current Partners• Archives Nationales d'Haiti• Bibliotheque Hatienne des Peres Saint-Esprit• CARICOM• The College of The Bahamas• La Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo• National Library of Aruba • National Library of Jamaica• Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maetsra (D.R.) *• Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela• University of the Virgin Islands• Florida International University• University of Central Florida• University of South Florida• University of Florida

dLOC Technologies

• University of Florida –Technological Role– Create distributed tool for resource creation and

submission– Assist with general digitization training– Create and maintain web presence– Submit resources to dark archive for partners

dLOC Tools & Training

• Tools– Toolkit– Online submittal form

• Training– Training on location– Training videos

dLOC Centralized Infrastructure

• Web presence• Archives

dLOC as a Resource (output)

• 3) Quick Tour of dLOC - Search Tips (preferably Paul, if not Brooke)