Our wonderful colleague Tania Ríos Marrero recently completed her last day with us. Join us in congratulating Tania for her successes at dLOC and best wishes for this new phase of her career.
For more on Tania’s work on dLOC OER initiatives, see dlocteach.domains.uflib.ufl.edu.
The latest dLOC Newsletter is finally here! Check the links below to read it in English, Spanish, or French!
English: www.canva.com/design/DAHDe...
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Français: www.canva.com/design/DAGyZ...
🚨Attention dLOC users! We need your help! Please take our new user survey, available on the homepage of www.dLOC.com.
Come visit the University of Florida and use their #LatinAmerican and #Caribbean collections. Application Deadline: April 12, 2026. www.latam.ufl.edu/outreach/lib...
Really enjoyed reading this book and talking about it for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/strangely-fr...
dLOC endorses the Freedom School Spring 2026 Webinar Series from our friends at Archiving the Black Web. For more information, including registration links, please visit www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/
The International Journal of Documentary Heritage is seeking contributions from researchers and experts in the field. This volume’s primary theme is "Authenticity of Documents," though other relevant topics are also highly encouraged. More details and submission guidelines available at ijodh.org.
🚨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...
🚨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! 🇭🇹 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.
dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/technology/
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! 🦃🍽️! 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 “Summer Lightning” by Olive Senior (YouTube read-aloud
www.youtube.com/watch?si=YUl...)
“Ecopedagogy and Aesthetics in Caribbean Children’s Literature,” in Caribbean Children’s Literature, Volume 2: Critical Approaches (4/4)
YouTube brief interview and read-aloud of My Hair Is Poofy and That’s 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 That’s 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 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...
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! 🤗