Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
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‼️The latest dLOC newsletter is out! Check it out in English, French, and Spanish!
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Join our colleagues from the Children's Literature Reading Group on November 5, from 5-6:30 p.m. for a Caribbean-themed Reading session featuring Nikkolas Smith and Olive Senior. In Person at University of Florida's Matherly Hall 117, or via Zoom ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... (1/4)
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Revolutionary Power of Storytelling: Children's Literature. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Revolutionary Power of Storytelling: Children's Literature. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join our colleagues from the Children's Literature Reading Group on November 5, from 5-6:30 p.m. for a Caribbean-themed Reading session featuring Nikkolas Smith and Olive Senior. In Person at University of Florida's Matherly Hall 117, or via Zoom ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... (1/4)
Don't miss this event highlighting Caribbean Children's Stories on November 7, in person at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, or via Zoom. Scan the QR Code for more information.
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Don't miss this event highlighting Caribbean Children's Stories on November 7, in person at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, or via Zoom. Scan the QR Code for more information.
Be sure to check out this interview with the artist, contributed by FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center: www.dloc.com/AA00115600/0...
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Be sure to check out this interview with the artist, contributed by FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center: www.dloc.com/AA00115600/0...
‼️The latest dLOC newsletter is out! Check it out in English, French, and Spanish!
English: www.canva.com/design/DAGqq...
Français: www.canva.com/design/DAGyZ...
Español: www.canva.com/design/DAGyP...
English: www.canva.com/design/DAGqq...
Français: www.canva.com/design/DAGyZ...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‼️The latest dLOC newsletter is out! Check it out in English, French, and Spanish!
English: www.canva.com/design/DAGqq...
Français: www.canva.com/design/DAGyZ...
Español: www.canva.com/design/DAGyP...
English: www.canva.com/design/DAGqq...
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We are proud to endorse this virtual event on cultural rights in the digital environment, featuring dLOC Executive Board member Peter Scholing: www.ifla.org/events/virtu...
Virtual Side Event Towards Mondiacult: Cultural Rights in the Digital Environment
Cultural Rights in the Digital Environment: A Conversation about Open Solutions to Connect with Heritage Side Event Towards Mondiacult 17 September 16:00-17:00 CEST Register Here ...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We are proud to endorse this virtual event on cultural rights in the digital environment, featuring dLOC Executive Board member Peter Scholing: www.ifla.org/events/virtu...
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Further to this @thetls.bsky.social essay about Una Marson's early work as a publisher, the full run of Marson's 1920s/1930s magazine, The Cosmopolitan, is now freely available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (@dlocaribbean.bsky.social): www.dloc.com/AA00114844/0...
August 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Further to this @thetls.bsky.social essay about Una Marson's early work as a publisher, the full run of Marson's 1920s/1930s magazine, The Cosmopolitan, is now freely available on the Digital Library of the Caribbean (@dlocaribbean.bsky.social): www.dloc.com/AA00114844/0...
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I am hugely excited to be teaming up once again with my longstanding partner in crime Dr M. Stephanie Chancy at @dlocaribbean.bsky.social, along with the wonderful folks at the Hastings Museum, the Eccles Institute, the Museo Enrico Caffi, George A Smathers Libraries and MUPANAH.
July 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I am hugely excited to be teaming up once again with my longstanding partner in crime Dr M. Stephanie Chancy at @dlocaribbean.bsky.social, along with the wonderful folks at the Hastings Museum, the Eccles Institute, the Museo Enrico Caffi, George A Smathers Libraries and MUPANAH.
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The new Web Archiving Handbook from the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) breaks down Web Archiving—tools, ethics, real-world examples, and more. 🌍✨
🔗 Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00105780/0...
📖 More dLOC features coming soon—see them all in our bio!
#CDSC
🔗 Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00105780/0...
📖 More dLOC features coming soon—see them all in our bio!
#CDSC
July 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The new Web Archiving Handbook from the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) breaks down Web Archiving—tools, ethics, real-world examples, and more. 🌍✨
🔗 Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00105780/0...
📖 More dLOC features coming soon—see them all in our bio!
#CDSC
🔗 Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00105780/0...
📖 More dLOC features coming soon—see them all in our bio!
#CDSC
Check out this new book on enslavement in Curaçao by Lianne Leonora, Director of dLOC partner Mongui Maduro Museum & Library, and Annemarie de Wildt! 🇨🇼 lmpublishers.nl/en/product/g...
Gids slavernijverleden Curaçao / Slavery Heritage Guide Curaçao - LM Publishers
Voor veel toeristen die naar Curaçao op vakantie gaan is het slavernijverleden volkomen onbekend. Ook de lokale bevolking is zich hier niet altijd van bewust, ondanks het feit dat de Curaçaoënaars nog...
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July 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Check out this new book on enslavement in Curaçao by Lianne Leonora, Director of dLOC partner Mongui Maduro Museum & Library, and Annemarie de Wildt! 🇨🇼 lmpublishers.nl/en/product/g...
In April, our Director of Operations @chancyms.bsky.social participated in the Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Workshop held by @unesco.org in St. Vincent 🇻🇨. Here’s her take on disaster preparedness and what it means for Caribbean cultural heritage:
July 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In April, our Director of Operations @chancyms.bsky.social participated in the Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Workshop held by @unesco.org in St. Vincent 🇻🇨. Here’s her take on disaster preparedness and what it means for Caribbean cultural heritage:
🎉Meet Cohort 3 of our OER in Caribbean Studies program! We’re excited to support these educators as they create open, accessible, & impactful resources that deepen engagement with dLOC collections.
📚 Learn more: tinyurl.com/dLOCOERCohort3
✨ Final projects coming in 2026!
#OpenEd #CaribbeanStudies
📚 Learn more: tinyurl.com/dLOCOERCohort3
✨ Final projects coming in 2026!
#OpenEd #CaribbeanStudies
July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🎉Meet Cohort 3 of our OER in Caribbean Studies program! We’re excited to support these educators as they create open, accessible, & impactful resources that deepen engagement with dLOC collections.
📚 Learn more: tinyurl.com/dLOCOERCohort3
✨ Final projects coming in 2026!
#OpenEd #CaribbeanStudies
📚 Learn more: tinyurl.com/dLOCOERCohort3
✨ Final projects coming in 2026!
#OpenEd #CaribbeanStudies
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Thrilled to be selected for the Silas Palmer Fellowship from the @hooverinstitution.bsky.social library & archives to support my research there. Look out, Palo Alto!
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Thrilled to be selected for the Silas Palmer Fellowship from the @hooverinstitution.bsky.social library & archives to support my research there. Look out, Palo Alto!
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Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource “Enslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”
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OER in Caribbean Studies: Stipend Recipients 2025 – Digital Library of the Caribbean
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June 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource “Enslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Press”
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#JobAlert: Five new opportunities have been brought to our attention. They consist of job positions and fellowships in various disciplines. Below you will find the appropriate links and applications.
June 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
#JobAlert: Five new opportunities have been brought to our attention. They consist of job positions and fellowships in various disciplines. Below you will find the appropriate links and applications.
We love to see it! 🌋
Great to see the first outcomes of a digital archives project led by Martin Mahony @ueaenv.bsky.social, with #Montserrat National Trust, @mvoupdates.bsky.social @dlocaribbean.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
Here is 'SeismiCity News', from 1997 to 1998 dloc.com/title-sets/A...
Here is 'SeismiCity News', from 1997 to 1998 dloc.com/title-sets/A...
June 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We love to see it! 🌋
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Any time I go somewhere new (one of the perks of working for @dlocaribbean.bsky.social), I buy something new to hang in my office. Here’s the latest addition from Curaçao 🇨🇼:
June 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Any time I go somewhere new (one of the perks of working for @dlocaribbean.bsky.social), I buy something new to hang in my office. Here’s the latest addition from Curaçao 🇨🇼:
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This piece emerges from my recent digitisation of the magazine (with funding from @uoe-llc.bsky.social & with thanks to Melissa Jerome of the University of Florida). The full run (!!) will soon be freely available via the wonderful @dlocaribbean.bsky.social - I'll share the link here when it's up.
June 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This piece emerges from my recent digitisation of the magazine (with funding from @uoe-llc.bsky.social & with thanks to Melissa Jerome of the University of Florida). The full run (!!) will soon be freely available via the wonderful @dlocaribbean.bsky.social - I'll share the link here when it's up.
We had a great time at this year’s ACURIL conference in sunny Curaçao! 🇨🇼 ¡Nos vemos en 2026 en Puerto Rico! @chancyms.bsky.social @katiehotsteel.bsky.social @minnesotanance.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We had a great time at this year’s ACURIL conference in sunny Curaçao! 🇨🇼 ¡Nos vemos en 2026 en Puerto Rico! @chancyms.bsky.social @katiehotsteel.bsky.social @minnesotanance.bsky.social
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@dlocaribbean.bsky.social Scholarly Advisory Board member Mirerza González Vélez giving the Keynote Acuril 2025, about the work of our friends and colleagues at #CDSC.
June 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@dlocaribbean.bsky.social Scholarly Advisory Board member Mirerza González Vélez giving the Keynote Acuril 2025, about the work of our friends and colleagues at #CDSC.
UPDATE: The dLOC-sponsored workshop at ACURIL will now be hosted on Monday, June 9th at 4:15 PM in Queens Ballroom B. Please see the official schedule for more information: acurilconference.com/index.php/ma...
ACURIL 2025
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June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
UPDATE: The dLOC-sponsored workshop at ACURIL will now be hosted on Monday, June 9th at 4:15 PM in Queens Ballroom B. Please see the official schedule for more information: acurilconference.com/index.php/ma...
Catch us next week at this year’s ACURIL conference in Curaçao 🇨🇼! We will be offering a beginner-level workshop on digital humanities on Monday, June 9th at 3:30 PM in the Royal Ballroom. More info on this year’s conference available here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
June 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Catch us next week at this year’s ACURIL conference in Curaçao 🇨🇼! We will be offering a beginner-level workshop on digital humanities on Monday, June 9th at 3:30 PM in the Royal Ballroom. More info on this year’s conference available here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
dLOC will be at the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials conference next week in NYC! 🗽 More info here: salalm.org/salalm70prov...
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
dLOC will be at the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials conference next week in NYC! 🗽 More info here: salalm.org/salalm70prov...
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Calling #Caribbean & #LatinAmerican organizations with bibliographic and documentary heritage. Submit your unique collection for Registration with UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - Latin American and Caribbean Region. See www.unesco.org/en/articles/... for information. Deadline August 15!
Call for applications to the Memory of the World Register of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025
The Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean launches the new call for the Memory of the World Register of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Calling #Caribbean & #LatinAmerican organizations with bibliographic and documentary heritage. Submit your unique collection for Registration with UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - Latin American and Caribbean Region. See www.unesco.org/en/articles/... for information. Deadline August 15!
The University of Miami’s Cuban Heritage Collection is inviting proposals for participation in the next iteration of the Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies. Deadline is July 1st. More info available at the link 🇨🇺: bit.ly/CHCSeminarCFP
Call for Papers – Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies | University of Miami Libraries
The UM Libraries provide faculty, students, researchers, and staff with the highest quality access to collections and information resources in support of the University's mission to transform lives th...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The University of Miami’s Cuban Heritage Collection is inviting proposals for participation in the next iteration of the Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies. Deadline is July 1st. More info available at the link 🇨🇺: bit.ly/CHCSeminarCFP
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May 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Have news you'd like to share with a large community of scholars, cultural heritage practitioners, and general enthusiasts for all things Caribbean? Fill out this link for the possibility of having it featured in the next installment of the dLOC newsletter! webforms.fiu.edu/view.php?id=...