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Digital Library of the Caribbean

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Collections include books, photographs, archives of Caribbean leaders and governments, legal documents, official historical documents, literature (novels, poetry, journals, and more), art, audio-visual materials, and historic and contemporary maps. Collections also include Caribbean studies journals
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with a committee of librarians, scholars, and archivists at a meeting held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 17, 2004. The goal of dLOC is to build a cooperative digital library among partners within the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, thus providing scholars, students, and citizens around the world
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with open online access to Caribbean cultural, historical and scientific materials, while also ensuring long term preservation of these materials. The Digital Library of the Caribbean draws on the many connections among the partner institutions and the
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The Digital Library of the Caribbean provides open access to all materials, and all materials are full text searchable with JPG2000 images that load quickly but can be zoomed for detail, and the multiple formats support the
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The dLOC will provide a key role in identifying new or perhaps even previously inaccessible topics. This is of particular importance to developing countries.
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It will help fill gaps among individual institutions' collections, bringing together a more complete history of the area.
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The cost of transport is high in the area - discouraging physical visits to libraries among the islands.
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The region is prone to disasters and weather that is not hospitable to preservation of physical items.
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FIU.edu: Florida International University, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center website
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As a digital library, the Digital Library of the Caribbean was established as led by
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Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA)
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In 2018, the partners confirmed a new design for dLOC, including a new logo.
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Current partners continue to grow on a regular basis and are listed on the
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digital preservation of materials in the Digital Library of the Caribbean
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Sobekrepository.org: SobekCM — Open Source Digital Repository software
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full grant proposal in the University of Florida Digital Collections
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UFL.edu: University of Florida Digital Collections website
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The Digital Library of the Caribbean is powered by the
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operated collaboratively by the contributing partners.
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related project in collaboration with dLOC partners
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Index

International education
Multilingual
Caribbean
Caribbean
dloc.com
digital library
dLOC Partner Page
National Archives of Haiti
Caribbean Community
Caribbean Studies Association
University of The Bahamas
FUNGLODE
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela
Florida International University
University of the Virgin Islands
University of Central Florida
University of South Florida
University of Florida
WIDECAST
Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA)
Florida International University
University of Florida Libraries
University of the Virgin Islands
University of Florida Digital Collections
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Logo
New West Indian Guide
MaComère
Jamaica Journal
digital preservation of materials in the Digital Library of the Caribbean

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