Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
@dlocaribbean.bsky.social
The Digital Library of the Caribbean is a cooperative digital library and network for resources from & about the Caribbean & circum-Caribbean. | Est. 2004 | http://dloc.com | Subscribe to receive our email updates: https://go.fiu.edu/DLOCPUBLIC
Wishing all of you a joyful holiday season and a happy new year filled with successes and continued collaborations and discoveries in the field of Caribbean cultural heritage.
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Wishing all of you a joyful holiday season and a happy new year filled with successes and continued collaborations and discoveries in the field of Caribbean cultural heritage.
Happy Thanksgiving from dLOC! 🦃🍽️! Enjoy this issue of the St. Barth Weekly from November 24, 2005, contributed to dLOC by the University of Florida.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from dLOC! 🦃🍽️! Enjoy this issue of the St. Barth Weekly from November 24, 2005, contributed to dLOC by the University of Florida.
Link to item: dloc.com/UF00095773/0...
Link to item: dloc.com/UF00095773/0...
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.
‼️The latest dLOC newsletter is out! Check it out in English, French, and Spanish!
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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...
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Español: www.canva.com/design/DAGyP...
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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
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
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...
CFP: The International Journal of Documentary Heritage is accepting abstracts and paper proposals. The main theme of 2025 is “10 Years of UNESCO MoW Recommendation 2015.” Abstracts are due on April 30th and final paper submissions June 30th. More info on the journal available here: www.ijodh.org
April 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
CFP: The International Journal of Documentary Heritage is accepting abstracts and paper proposals. The main theme of 2025 is “10 Years of UNESCO MoW Recommendation 2015.” Abstracts are due on April 30th and final paper submissions June 30th. More info on the journal available here: www.ijodh.org
Cohort 2 of our Open Educational Resources in Caribbean Studies program is busy preparing new teaching materials. Visit tinyurl.com/OERCohort2 for descriptions and stay tuned for their completed projects later this year!‼️The deadline to apply to cohort 3 is April 14. ℹ️Info: tinyurl.com/OER-Caribbean
March 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Cohort 2 of our Open Educational Resources in Caribbean Studies program is busy preparing new teaching materials. Visit tinyurl.com/OERCohort2 for descriptions and stay tuned for their completed projects later this year!‼️The deadline to apply to cohort 3 is April 14. ℹ️Info: tinyurl.com/OER-Caribbean
We are delighted to share that friend of dLOC Oneka LaBennett’s book, “Global Guyana” (2024, @nyupress.bsky.social), has been shortlisted for the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature! 🇬🇾 More info here: www.bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/
March 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We are delighted to share that friend of dLOC Oneka LaBennett’s book, “Global Guyana” (2024, @nyupress.bsky.social), has been shortlisted for the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature! 🇬🇾 More info here: www.bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/
‼️DUE 3/14/25: Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute, Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center, and Libraries are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Díaz Ayala Library Travel Grants. More information can be found below: cri.fiu.edu/extracurricu...
March 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
‼️DUE 3/14/25: Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute, Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center, and Libraries are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Díaz Ayala Library Travel Grants. More information can be found below: cri.fiu.edu/extracurricu...
‼️ DUE 3/10/25: The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is currently accepting applications for travel grants for scholars to come use Latin American & Caribbean resources at the UF George A. Smathers Libraries. More info can be found here: www.latam.ufl.edu/outreach/lib...
March 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
‼️ DUE 3/10/25: The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is currently accepting applications for travel grants for scholars to come use Latin American & Caribbean resources at the UF George A. Smathers Libraries. More info can be found here: www.latam.ufl.edu/outreach/lib...
Don't miss this upcoming event from our friends and collaborators at Puerto Rico Syllabus and Archivo Histórico de Vieques! They will showcase their new open educational resource, which received support from our OER in Caribbean Studies Program. Register here: tinyurl.com/viequessylla...
February 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Don't miss this upcoming event from our friends and collaborators at Puerto Rico Syllabus and Archivo Histórico de Vieques! They will showcase their new open educational resource, which received support from our OER in Caribbean Studies Program. Register here: tinyurl.com/viequessylla...
The new-and-improved dLOC Newsletter is out (and available in English, French, and Spanish)! Check it out via the link below: www.canva.com/design/DAGbj...
February 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The new-and-improved dLOC Newsletter is out (and available in English, French, and Spanish)! Check it out via the link below: www.canva.com/design/DAGbj...
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Enjoy this issue of the Barbados Advocate from February 14, 2016 and more by browsing on dLOC.com. dloc.com/UF00098964/0...
February 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Enjoy this issue of the Barbados Advocate from February 14, 2016 and more by browsing on dLOC.com. dloc.com/UF00098964/0...
dLOC in the classroom: Outreach Program Manager @katiehotsteel.bsky.social giving a dLOC workshop for Professor Antonio Cardentey’s Intro to Hispanic Caribbean course at Georgia Tech. #openaccess #CaribbeanStudies
February 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
dLOC in the classroom: Outreach Program Manager @katiehotsteel.bsky.social giving a dLOC workshop for Professor Antonio Cardentey’s Intro to Hispanic Caribbean course at Georgia Tech. #openaccess #CaribbeanStudies
🚨 TODAY!
Join us for our last event in this round of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series at 1:00 PM! 🇭🇹
Join us for our last event in this round of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series at 1:00 PM! 🇭🇹
January 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🚨 TODAY!
Join us for our last event in this round of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series at 1:00 PM! 🇭🇹
Join us for our last event in this round of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series at 1:00 PM! 🇭🇹
Join us on Sunday, January 19th at Miami’s Little Haiti Cultural Complex-Caribbean Marketplace at 1:00 PM for the final installment of this iteration of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series, featuring Dr. Marlene Daut. @uncpress.bsky.social 🇭🇹
January 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Join us on Sunday, January 19th at Miami’s Little Haiti Cultural Complex-Caribbean Marketplace at 1:00 PM for the final installment of this iteration of the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series, featuring Dr. Marlene Daut. @uncpress.bsky.social 🇭🇹
Happy #dLOCollections day!
Our last post of the year is of The Beautiful Inkberry Tree, a Christmas story for children. Tag us and let us know if you read it to your loved ones this holiday season! Thanks to UVI St. Thomas for sharing this!
Our last post of the year is of The Beautiful Inkberry Tree, a Christmas story for children. Tag us and let us know if you read it to your loved ones this holiday season! Thanks to UVI St. Thomas for sharing this!
December 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Happy #dLOCollections day!
Our last post of the year is of The Beautiful Inkberry Tree, a Christmas story for children. Tag us and let us know if you read it to your loved ones this holiday season! Thanks to UVI St. Thomas for sharing this!
Our last post of the year is of The Beautiful Inkberry Tree, a Christmas story for children. Tag us and let us know if you read it to your loved ones this holiday season! Thanks to UVI St. Thomas for sharing this!
Wishing you all the happiest of holiday seasons!
December 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Wishing you all the happiest of holiday seasons!
Recapping our travel last week: @chancyms.bsky.social at the Caribbean Digital conference in Jamaica and @katielcoldiron.bsky.social at the “From Slave Registers to Caribbean Life Course Research” seminar in Curaçao! 🇯🇲🇨🇼
December 9, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Recapping our travel last week: @chancyms.bsky.social at the Caribbean Digital conference in Jamaica and @katielcoldiron.bsky.social at the “From Slave Registers to Caribbean Life Course Research” seminar in Curaçao! 🇯🇲🇨🇼
Happy Thanksgiving from dLOC! Today and every day, we are thankful for our community of partners, users, and supporters. Thank you, Gracias, Merci.
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from dLOC! Today and every day, we are thankful for our community of partners, users, and supporters. Thank you, Gracias, Merci.
Join us TONIGHT for our next installment in the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series, featuring Dr. Oneka LaBennett, author of “Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond” from @nyupress.bsky.social 🇬🇾
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
November 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Join us TONIGHT for our next installment in the dLOC Caribbean Studies Book Talk Series, featuring Dr. Oneka LaBennett, author of “Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond” from @nyupress.bsky.social 🇬🇾
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311