The Digital Library of the Caribbean d LOC
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (d. LOC) & Resources for Studies of the Caribbean Presented for St. George’s University, 26 Sept. 2019 LAURIE N. TAYLOR, d. LOC DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP
OPEN ACCESS • Free of cost or other barriers • Open license • Main focus is peer reviewed research literature • Concept for resources overall
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) Open Educational Resources (OER) • Public domain or open content licensing • Support affordable course content initiatives • Expand opportunities for public engagement, public scholarship, lifelong learning • Support opportunities for hidden, neglected, new, and other needed areas
DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THE CARIBBEAN Partner Training Shared Infrastructure s Institutional Support d. LOC's diverse partners serve an international community of scholars, students, and peoples by working together to preserve and to provide enhanced electronic access to cultural, historical, legal, governmental, and research materials. d. LOC's partners collaborate with scholars and teachers to promote and perform educational outreach for Caribbean Studies, create new works of digital scholarship, and develop other research and teaching initiatives.
d. LOC QUICK FACTS • • Began with a dream and the vision laid out in 2004 Shared Governance Training Program: Digitization, Data Curation, and More Content Management System and Long-term Preservation • Over 70 Partners – Caribbean, Europe and US – Over 248 million hits since 2006 – Over 3. 5 million pages of open access content – Over 23, 000 titles with over 164, 000 items • Scholarly Collaborations • Educational Outreach
WHO WE ARE: d. LOC COMMUNITIES
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER)
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) http: //www. dloc. com/teach/all
OPEN BOOK PROGRAM UF (Press and Libraries) Library. Press@ UF d. LOC
BASIC Basic. SEARCH Search The basic search allows you to access bibliographic citation information of the items in d. LOC. Just enter the search term from any computer with Internet access.
ADVANCED SEARCH Advanced Search The advanced search feature will allow you to restrict your search terms by categories such as title, author, subject keyword, country and more.
MAP SEARCH Map Search If you are looking for items with discrete geographic locations, use the Map Search feature. You can also view the results in Map View.
FACETS Faceted Searching Expand or narrow the results by selecting the related search terms in the box to the left. Options for faceted searching include: publisher, geographic area, subject keywords and more.
FULL TEXT SEARCH Map Searches full text, and presents snippets of the text in context.
my. DLOC Registered myd. LOC Registered Users Registration is optional. Registering enables user features, including: creating public and private bookshelves and saving searches.
PARTNER & TOPICAL COLLECTIONS
TYPES OF RESOURCES Archaeology, Geology of Grenada Agriculture Art & Theatre Jamaica Journal, Arts Jamaica, Planters' Punch Haitian Art About Face Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean CARIFESTA Tourism, development Political history/heritage Publications (Grenada Newsletter 1974 -1994, New Jewel, Abeng, Struggle) Newspapers
HISTORICAL PHOTOS Bryant Slides Collection: www. dloc. com/results/? t=the%20 bryant%20 slides%20 collectio n%20%20 grenada Kenneth Treister: www. dloc. com/results/? t=treister%20 grenada Bernard Diederich: www. dloc. com/AA 00012617/00004
TYPES OF RESOURCES Primary Historical Documents Materials on performances at CARIFESTA: www. dloc. com/CA 00199909/00001 www. dloc. com/UF 00099666/00001 Documents on slave trade: www. dloc. com/UF 00101464/00001
TYPES OF RESOURCES Literature and Culture Clippings file on CARIFESTA (CARICOM): http: //dloc. com/icarifesta Arts Jamaica http: //dloc. com/UF 00101459/00001 Barbados Mercury, 1783 -1848: www. dloc. com/AA 00047511 The Carib (Antigua), 1895: www. dloc. com/AA 00052863/00001 Hill, Errol. The artist in West Indian society : a symposium: http: //dloc. com/AA 00030339/00001 Planters’ Punch: http: //dloc. com/AA 00004645/ Books by Herbert de Lisser: www. dloc. com/results/? t=, , herbert+de%20 lisser, &f=ZZ, +TI, +AU, +TO Poetry by Claude Mc. Kay: www. dloc. com/results/? t=claude%20 mckay Poetry by Una Marson: www. dloc. com/results/? t=una%20 marson All Jamaica Library: www. dloc. com/results/? t=%22 all%20 jamaica%20 library%22 Caribbean Writer, 1987 -2001: www. dloc. com/AA 00032523/00001/allvolumes
TYPES OF RESOURCES Dissertations and Theses Consuming Identities Crosscurrents of Tourism, Diaspora, and Mobility in Caribbean Literature and Culture www. dloc. com/l/UFE 0022501/00001 “I Bear Witness”: an African’s Quest for Faith and Community in the Atlantic World www. dloc. com/UFE 0046617/00001/ Maps Carte de L'Isle De La Grenade Pour servir à l'Histoire Générale des Voyages www. dloc. com/UF 00003798/00001 Grenada www. dloc. com/UF 90000458/00001
RESEARCH TIPS Research practices: • Include permanent URL • Include holding location • http: //dloc. com/dloc 1/citation
RESEARCH TIPS Check related resources; records in d. LOC link to other sites: EAP 295: Digitising endangered archives of Grenada, www. dloc. com/AA 00037848/00001 Digital files for The Grenada Revolution in the Caribbean Present, www. dloc. com/l/AA 00033025/00001 Small Axe Archipelagos: www. dloc. com/AA 00048304/00001
Digital Scholarship Sites/Resources http: //createcaribbean. org http: //smallaxe. net/sxarchipelagos
AMPLIFICATION www. d. LOC. com/AA 00015557/00005/allvolumes
YOUR RESOURCE (OA and OER) NEEDS & GOALS • • Materials to share? Materials to create? Webinars that are of interest (to give or attend)? Specific courses/programs to look to for standards? • Ideas, opportunities, needs?
Digital Library of the Caribbean www. d. LOC. com Slides: https: //dloc. com/l/AA 00068846/00001
Presentation slides: www. dloc. com/AA 00068846/00001 @LAURIEN@UFL. EDU
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