1.  Collaboration Between Faculty and Librarians Margarita Vargas-Betancourt University of Florida July 2013

2.  1930sPresident John J. Tigert creates the Institute for Inter-American Affairs at the University of Florida (UF).  1948Farmington Plan  1951The Farmington Plan assigned UF as the repository for Caribbean material.  2007Mission of the George A. Smathers Libraries: to support the needs of faculty, students, and the rest of the University of Florida community.

3. Hunter, Gregory S. Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives. New York, London: Neal- Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2004.

4.  Cuban collections at the University of Florida.  Development of the course “Panama Silver, Asian Gold: Migration, Money, and the Making of Modern Caribbean Literature.”  Libguides.

5.  What has been collected and is now at dLOC?  Rare books Rare books  Maps Maps  Records related to slavery and military affairs Records related to slavery and military affairs  Manuscript collections that cover the years since the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898) a.Material on the Spanish American WarMaterial on the Spanish American War b.Braga Brothers CollectionBraga Brothers Collection Result: One of the strongest collections on Cuban material.

6.  Material on the Cuban Revolution o A result of: Donation of the Neill Macaulay Collection. Collaboration with Prof. Lillian Guerra.  Examples o An online collection: Cuban Revolutionary PostersCuban Revolutionary Posters o A digitized collection: Rafael Martinez Pupo Papers Relating to Comandos MambisesRafael Martinez Pupo Papers Relating to Comandos Mambises  Significance o Supported archival cycle. o Sets a model on how to deal with sensitive material.

7.  Object of study: o Immigration of indentured workers from India and China to the West Indies. o Emigration of West Indian laborers to the Panama Canal.  Team: o Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College), Leah Rosenberg (University of Florida), Donette Francis (University of Miami). o Librarians.  What is librarians’ job? o To identify archival material and upload it. o Examples: Selected Views on Indentured Labor in the Caribbean, 1804-1956 Topical Collection at dLOC: Panama and the CanalPanama and the Canal

8.  These are guides that contain listings of recommended resources for finding information, such as databases, journals, books, web pages, etc.  Professors request librarians to make libguides for their courses: o Early Caribbean History Early Caribbean History o Modern Caribbean Modern Caribbean o Tourism & the Caribbean Tourism & the Caribbean

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