Title
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Outreach Hub at FIU Libraries: A New Era
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
10-25-2023 11:30 AM
Abstract
This presentation focuses on the plan for rebuilding the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)’s Outreach Hub at Florida International University Libraries. As a multi-institutional digital library project, dLOC provides a no-cost, public facing repository in which institutions, many of which come from one of the most climate-threatened regions of the world, can safeguard their digital collections. The presentation focuses on three goals of the new dLOC FIU Outreach Strategy: 1. To increase use and awareness of resources available on dLOC, 2. To promote creation, use, and awareness of scholarship in Caribbean Studies, and 3. To support existing partners in new/continuing initiatives. Present in the discussion of all these goals will be the continued relationship between the dLOC Outreach Hub at FIU Libraries and the dLOC Operations Hub at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. This presentation strives to provide continued and potential dLOC collaborators in South Florida with relevant information on how dLOC can help them achieve their own goals. The presenter is Katie Coldiron, the recently hired Outreach Program Manager for dLOC at FIU Libraries.
Organization Link
https://dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/
Streaming Media
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Outreach Hub at FIU Libraries: A New Era
This presentation focuses on the plan for rebuilding the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)’s Outreach Hub at Florida International University Libraries. As a multi-institutional digital library project, dLOC provides a no-cost, public facing repository in which institutions, many of which come from one of the most climate-threatened regions of the world, can safeguard their digital collections. The presentation focuses on three goals of the new dLOC FIU Outreach Strategy: 1. To increase use and awareness of resources available on dLOC, 2. To promote creation, use, and awareness of scholarship in Caribbean Studies, and 3. To support existing partners in new/continuing initiatives. Present in the discussion of all these goals will be the continued relationship between the dLOC Outreach Hub at FIU Libraries and the dLOC Operations Hub at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. This presentation strives to provide continued and potential dLOC collaborators in South Florida with relevant information on how dLOC can help them achieve their own goals. The presenter is Katie Coldiron, the recently hired Outreach Program Manager for dLOC at FIU Libraries.