DESMANTELANDO FRONTERAS
BREAKING DOWN BORDERS
Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project
University of Florida Libraries Receive Additional $288,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Myra Torres-Álamo, MLS
Coordinadora del Proyecto de Periódicos de Puerto Rico
Melissa Espino
at the University of Florida
Invitación para Todos
La mesa redonda de los Archivos de Patrimonio Cultural de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LACCHA) de la Sociedad de Archivistas Americanos (SAA), en asociación con la Biblioteca Digital del Caribe (dLOC) y la Asociación de Bibliotecas Universitarias, de Investigación e Institucionales del Caribe (ACURIL), ha organizado una serie de seminarios, por la Internet, bajo el tema Desmantelando Fronteras/Breaking Down Borders, para dar a conocer proyectos archivísticos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
Esta serie provee un espacio colaborativo virtual dirigido a archivistas y a otros interesados de Latinoamérica y del Caribe con el fin de compartir proyectos, experiencias y mensajes principales y, a la vez, fomentar la comunicación bidireccional entre profesionales a través de las Américas.
Cordialmente le invitamos al próximo webinar, a efectuarse el viernes, 11 de septiembre de 2015, con la participación de las investigadoras Myra Torres-Alamo, MLS (Directora Asociada, Sistema de Bibliotecas, Universidad de Puerto Rico/ Coordinadora del Proyecto de Periódicos de Puerto Rico) y Melissa Espino (Cordinadora del Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project en la Universidad de Florida, quienes compartirán sus experiencias en torno al proyecto de digitalización masiva Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project.
El webinar se impartirá en inglés y español y será transmitido en vivo, en las siguientes horas locales
- EEUU 14:00 horas EST / 13:00 CST / 11:00 PST
- Honduras 12:00 horas
- México D.F. / Quito / Bogotá / Lima 13:00 horas
- Buenos Aires/Santiago 15:00 horas
- Carácas 13:30 horas
Para acceder al evento en vivo, por favor presione Aqui.
Invitation for All
The Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Heritage Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), in partnership with the Digital Library of the Caribbean (DLOC) and the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL), has organized a series of online events under the theme DESMANTELANDO FRONTERAS / BREAKING DOWN BORDER. The series seeks to become a showcase of archival projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The series aims to provide a collaborative virtual space aimed to archivists and interested professionals in Latin American and the Caribbean, in order to share projects, experiences and information and, at the same time, stimulate two-way communication between professionals throughout the Americas.
You are cordially invited to participate in the next webinar, to be held on Friday, September 11, 2015, with the participation of researchers Myra Torres-Alamo, MLS (Associate Director, Library System, Rio Piedras Campus University of Puerto Rico/ Puerto Rico Newspaper Project) y Melissa Espino (Coordinator for the Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project at the University of Florida,, who will share their experiences regarding the massive digitization project: Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project.
The webinar will be presented in English and Spanish and will be transmitted live, in the following local hours:
- EEUU 14:00 horas EST / 13:00 CST / 11:00 PST
- Honduras 12:00 horas
- México D.F. / Quito / Bogotá / Lima 13:00 horas
- Buenos Aires/Santiago 15:00 horas
- Carácas 13:30 horas
Society of American Archivists & SAA's LACCHA
Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America's oldest and largest national archival professional association.
VISION: The Society of American Archivists enables archivists to achieve professional excellence and foster innovation to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of records of enduring value.
http://www2.archivists.org/aboutLACCHA
The Society of American Archivists (SAA)’s Latin American & Caribbean Cultural Heritage Archives Roundtable is a forum for anyone interested in the issues affecting Latin American and Caribbean Archives housed in United States archives and archives created by the Diaspora’s communities from the Latin American and Caribbean region.
The mission of the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Heritage Archives (LACCHA) roundtable is to create a space to exchange ideas and provide support among US, Caribbean and Latin American archivists about the challenges and opportunities of acquiring, managing, preserving and giving access to those archival materials not only originating from Latin American & the Caribbean and housed in the United States but also archival collections created by groups from different Diasporas coming from these regions and living in the United States.
https://laccha.wordpress.com/
Digital Library of the Caribbean
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.
Read the dLOC Fact Sheet (and more about dLOC), see the dLOC partners, read about dLOC's Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative, or Register for a free mydLOC user account. Please contact us with any questions.
dLOC is developing a collaborative funding model. Support dLOC financially by becoming an institutional member or a personal member.
Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project
The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress, is a long-term effort to provide permanent, free access to historic newspapers selected and digitized by NEH-funded awardees in the United States. This program was created to build upon the United States Newspaper Program (USNP), another NEH & Library of Congress sponsored program geared toward locating, cataloging, and preserving microfilm newspapers published in the U.S. from the 18th Century to present. The NDNP extends the usefulness of the USNP digitized assets by incorporating newspapers published from 1836-1922 into a national digital newspaper resource, Chronicling America, where the digitized pages are made available. Through this resource over 9 million newspaper pages have been made available thus far.
The University of Florida was one of the original NDNP awardees in 2005 when the program first started. Approximately 100,000 pages of newspapers published between 1900-1910 were digitized and incorporated into Chronicling America.
The George A. Smathers Libraries was awarded another NEH grant in 2013 to collaborate with the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The grant of $325,000 will provide financial support for the "Florida and Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project", as part of the state and territory's involvement in the NDNP. The completed project will provide free, internet-based access to newspapers that are currently available only on aging microfilm. The digitized papers will be available through the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America, the University of Florida Libraries Florida Digital Newspaper Library, and the Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña at the University of Puerto Rico.
http://www.dloc.com/ndnp/about
Grant proposal: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019344
Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
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