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The International Journal of Documentary Heritage is seeking contributions from researchers and experts in the field. This volumeβs primary theme is "Authenticity of Documents," though other relevant topics are also highly encouraged. More details and submission guidelines available at ijodh.org.
π¨Happening soon! Join us at 11 AM EST for our final workshop in the Spring 2026 workshop series. Register at ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
π¨Happening this afternoon! Register at ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for "Legal & Ethical Oral Histories" on Thurs, Feb. 12 11 - noon. Featuring Arnetta Giradeau, UNC Charlotte, & Christina Boyles, UI Bloomington, facilitated by @perrycollins.bsky.social, UF. Register dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/. Bring your questions!
Join dLOC partner ISPAN tomorrow for this great event! ππΉ Register here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
3/ The Digital Library of the Caribbean @dlocaribbean.bsky.social that works with partner institutions across the Caribbean and Latin America provides several good guides for digitization, digital curation, and training.
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The dLOC Site will be unavailable on Thursday, January 21 from 10 to 11 p.m. as our I.T. Team works their magic. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Call For Proposals! LACDH 2026 in San Antonio. Theme "Transfronteras: Third Spaces in Digital Humanities" focused on Transborder Digital Humanities. Deadline to submit proposals, February 13. See guides.uflib.ufl.edu/lac-dh-sympo... for more information
Please join us for our Spring 2026 Workshop Series, "Copyright and Ethical Reuse in Open Access Digital Libraries." The Workshops will be facilitated by copyright expert @perrycollins.bsky.social. Register here, dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/ to receive the zoom links.
DLOC is pleased to work with our University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries and Department of Anthropology colleagues on this event. Please join us in person or on Zoom Friday, January 16. Register here libcal.uflib.ufl.edu/calendar/wor... to get the zoom link.
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! π¦π½οΈ! 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...
Picturebook Boonoonoonous Hair and short story βSummer Lightningβ by Olive Senior (YouTube read-aloud
www.youtube.com/watch?si=YUl...)
βEcopedagogy and Aesthetics in Caribbean Childrenβs Literature,β in Caribbean Childrenβs Literature, Volume 2: Critical Approaches (4/4)
YouTube brief interview and read-aloud of My Hair Is Poofy and Thatβs Okay by Nikkolas Smith:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGqG... (3/4)
Readings & Multimedia for the event:
Picturebooks: The Artivist and My Hair Is Poofy and Thatβs Okay by Nikkolas Smith
YouTube read-aloud of The Artivist by Karin Westman:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzLA... (2/4)
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.
Be sure to check out this interview with the artist, contributed by FIUβs Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center: www.dloc.com/AA00115600/0...
βΌοΈThe 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...
EspaΓ±ol: www.canva.com/design/DAGyP...
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...
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...
Thanks for thinking of us! Please email us at dloc@uflib.ufl.edu and we will be happy to help out.
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.
Thanks for the shoutout! π€
The new Web Archiving Handbook from the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) breaks down Web Archivingβtools, ethics, real-world examples, and more. πβ¨
π Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00105780/0...
π More dLOC features coming soonβsee them all in our bio!
#CDSC
Check out this new book on enslavement in CuraΓ§ao by Lianne Leonora, Director of dLOC partnerΒ Mongui Maduro Museum & Library, and Annemarie de Wildt! π¨πΌ 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 π»π¨. Hereβs her take on disaster preparedness and what it means for Caribbean cultural heritage:
πMeet Cohort 3 of our OER in Caribbean Studies program! Weβre excited to support these educators as they create open, accessible, & impactful resources that deepen engagement with dLOC collections.
π Learn more: tinyurl.com/dLOCOERCohort3
β¨ Final projects coming in 2026!
#OpenEd #CaribbeanStudies
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!
Very excited to have received support from @dlocaribbean.bsky.social to build the teaching resource βEnslavement, Medicine, and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue: A History in the Pressβ
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