Publications, Presentations &Trainings

Selected recent publications, presentations, and trainings on the UF Digital Collections, Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), and related digital collections and scholarship projects are listed below.

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Publications, Presentations &Trainings

• January 2015
  • Rosenberg, Leah. (2015). "Teaching using digital textual scholarship in the classroom." Modern Language Association Convention. Vancouver, Canada: Jan. 8-11, 2015
• 2014
  • Ochoa, Marilyn N., Mark V. Sullivan, and Laurie N. Taylor. ARL SPEC Kit - Locally Curated Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 2014.
  • Trainings related to the Digital Humanities Library Group Training Program.
• December 2014
  • Santamaría-Wheeler, Lourdes. "Designing Banners for Digital Collections." UF Digital Collections and SobekCM Training Session. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Dec. 2, 2014.
  • "Pioneering the Caribbean Digital Researching and Teaching with the Digital Archive." Donette Francis (University of Miami), Leah Rosenberg (University of Florida), Rhonda Cobham Sander (Amherst College). Moderated by Kelly Baker Josephs (York College, CUNY). The Caribbean Digital Program: The Caribbean Digital. Barnard College | Columbia University: 4-5 December, 2014.
  • "Building Digital Archives in the Caribbean – Librarians, Techies, and Scholars Required." Brooke Wooldridge (Digital Library of the Caribbean). Moderated by Kelly Baker Josephs (York College, CUNY). The Caribbean Digital Program: The Caribbean Digital. Barnard College | Columbia University: 4-5 December, 2014.
• November 2014
  • Dinsmore, Chelsea. "Metadata." UF Digital Collections and SobekCM Training Session. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Nov. 19, 2014.
• October 2014
  • Leah Rosenberg and Laurie N. Taylor. "The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and Digital Humanities." Diaspora and the Digital Workshop, Diasporic Literary Archives. New Haven, CT: Yale, Oct. 23-4, 2014.
  • Phillips, Mark; Taylor, Laurie N.; Dinsmore, Chelsea; Yellapantula, Suchitra. "Piloting a Peer-to-Peer PRocess for Becoming a Trusted Digital Repository." Digital Library Federation Forum. Atlanta, GA: Oct. 27-29, 2014.
• September 2014
  • Mark Sullivan & Christy Shorey. "New Workflows and Tools for ETD Support at the University of Florida"USETDA Conference, Orlando, FL: Sept. 24-26, 2014. Presentation slides.
  • Laurie N. Taylor. Keynote, USETDA Conference, Orlando, FL: Sept. 25, 2014. Presentation Slides.
• August 2014
  • "Panama Silver, Asian Gold: Migration, Money, and the Making of the Modern Caribbean" DOCC course meeting, presentations, facilitated sessions,and workshops. Leah Rosenberg, Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, and Laurie Taylor (UF), Donette Francis (UM), Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College), and others to be listed. Amherst, MA: Amherst College, Aug. 19-20, 2014
  • Panama Canal Centennial events, exhibits, speakers, and more; and drawing from and supporting the ongoing growth and engagement with the Panama Canal Digital Collection. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Aug. 15-17, 2014.
• July 2014
  • Taylor, Laurie N. "UF Digital Collections & Communities: Collections, Technologies, Collaborations, & Leadership" (July 17-18, 2014) for NEH and University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Visit to UF for UF+UPR's Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project: http://sobekrepository.org/UF00101360/00011/pdf
• June 2014
  • Alexis, Bernado. (June 2014). "National Archives of Haiti : Presentation Slides for dLOC Partner Meeting at ACURIL 2014." ACURIL Conference 2014: http://www.dloc.com/l/AA00023815/00001/pdf
  • Guillaume, Marie France. (June 2014). "Brothers of Christian Instruction Library, Haiti : Presentation Slides for dLOC Partner Meeting at ACURIL 2014." ACURIL Conference 2014: http://www.dloc.com/AA00023816/
  • Till, Ashley. (June 2014). "University of the Virgin Islands." ACURIL Conference 2014.
  • Taylor, Laurie N. (June 2014). “Collaboratively Developing Data Curation Literacy with the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC).” ACURIL Conference 2014: http://www.dloc.com/AA00020051/00001/pdf
  • Open Repositories 2014: "SobekCM’s Community Ecosystems & Socio-Technical Practices" by Mark V. Sullivan and Laurie N. Taylor
  • Santamaría-Wheeler, Lourdes. Webinar for the Tampa Bay Library Consortium: "Creating Online Exhibits" (June 2, 2014) and video
• May 2014
  • Dinsmore, Chelsea. Webinar for ASERL: "The Ins and Outs of Digitizing a Center of Excellence Collection:  How Two Different ASERL Libraries Made Their CoE Collections More Visible and Accessible" (May 29, 2014)
• April 2014
  • THATCamp-Gainesville Presentations, Workshops, and Trainings (April 24-25, 2014)
  • Sullivan, Mark V. dLOC Training in Haiti. (April 8-11, 2014)
  • Taylor, Laurie N. Various Postings. Digital Humanities Day 2014
• March 2014
  • Taylor, Laurie N. and Mark V. Sullivan. "The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and the SobekCM Open Source Software: Socio-Technical Communities & Collaboration." Digital Library Federation (DLF), Contribute Section,http://dloc.com/AA00019913/00001/pdf and http://www.diglib.org/archives/5692/
• November-December 2013
  • Sullivan, Mark V., John Nemmers, and Laurie N. Taylor. "Training Series: Sobek / SobekCM for Curators and Collection Managers (detailed overview: http://sobekrepository.org/AA00019186/00001/pdf): Traing One-Four" live at UF and webinars. Nov. 14 - Dec. 19, 2013.
• November 2013
  • Vargas-Betancourt, Margarita. (2013). “Finding the Silver Voice: Afro-Antilleans in the Panama Canal Museum Collection at the University of Florida.” 13th International Conference on Caribbean Literature (ICCL)—Panama in the Caribbean: The Caribbean in Panama. University of Panama, Panama City: http://www.dloc.com/IR00003593/00001
  • Sullivan, Mark V. "Unearthing St. Augustine" at GIS Day 2013, UF: Nov. 20, 2013.
  • Wooldridge, Brooke, Laurie N. Taylor, Judith C. Russell, and Lillian Guerra. "Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)." Workshop and Conference Presentation. THATCamp Caribe 2, Havana, Cuba: Nov. 3-7, 2014. http://www.dloc.com/AA00017957/00001/pdf and http://caribbean2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/10/digital-library-of-the-caribbean-dloc-biblioteca-digital-del-caribe-dloc/
• September 2013
  • Baldwin Virtual Tour for NEFLIN
  • Ethnic News (slides and survey)
  • GovDocs training webinars
  • FIU
  • Presentations and ongoing support for classes using/with dLOC at FIU, Amherst, UF, and the University of Miami
  • Alice in Dataland: Reinventing Alice in a Digital World by Anastasia Salter, a "Built-Upon" digital scholarly book-type project built on the Baldwin, forthcoming from Anvil Academic
  • Oral Histories and Digital Curation, Press Release
  • National Digital Newspaper Grant Award, Press Release
• August 2013
  • "Scholarly Publishing in the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)." By Laurie N. Taylor, Brooke Wooldridge, Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler, Mark V. Sullivan, Benjamin Hebblethwaite, & Megan Raitano. Library Publishing Toolkit (2013).
  • Many presentations, trainings, and activities related to the dLOC Advanced Topics Training Institute
• July 2013
  • "African Studies Collections from UF, hosted in SobekCM." Presenter: Dan Reboussin. TBLC Webinar. July 8, 2013: http://floridalibrarywebinars.org/events/1333/
• June 2013
  • "dLOC Partner Presentations." Presenters: dLOC Partners. Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 2013 Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 6-10, 2013.
  • "dLOC and the Caribbean Knowledge Commons: Online Tools for Digital Curation, myDLOC tools for adding new materials and myDLOC bookshelves and other user tools." Presenters: Laurie Taylor and Brooke Wooldridge. Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 2013 Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 12, 2013.
  • "SobekCM for record collections for collaborative collection development and planning for the NEH French Pamphlet Planning Project." Presenters: Laurie Taylor and Mark Sullivan. French Pamphlet Project Planning Grant Team Meeting. Chicago, IL. June 24-26, 2013.
• May 2013
  • "OHPi, BOB, and SobekCM for Oral Histories." Presenters/Discussants: Barbara Lewis, Richard Bernardy, Mark Sullivan, and Laurie N. Taylor. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida. May 6-7, 2013.
  • Attending SALALM and supporting discussion of the Pernambuco Project, Phase I. Presenters/Discussants: Richard Phillips, Paul Losch, Brooke Wooldridge, and Laurie Taylor. Miami, FL: Florida International University and the University of Miami. May 17-22, 2013.
  • "University of Florida Digital Collections and the UFDC Teacher Resources Collection." Presenters: Marilyn N. Ochoa, Principal Investigator/UF Education Library; April Hines, Project Team Member/UF Education Library Bess de Farber, Facilitator/UF Grants Manager; Michelle Cates, Instructional Design Consultant; Helen Davis, Resource Development Consultant. County Representatives. West Palm Beach, FL. May 13, 2013.
• April 2013
  • "Turning 'views' into 'visits': how online exhibits can encourage collection awareness and usage" 
    Presenters: Rebecca Jefferson, Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, and Laurie Taylor. ACRL 2013, Indianapolis, IN: April 10-13, 2013.
• March 2013
  • "Connecting Patrons to Digital Resources through GIS at the University of Florida, using SobekCM." Presenter: Mark Sullivan. FIU GIS Day: GeoHumanities: Drawing New Connections in Time & Space. Miami, FL: Florida International University. March 29, 2013.
  • "A Map Through Time: Coral Gables Virtual History, using SobekCM/DPanther." Presenters: Jennifer Fu (Head, GIS Center & DCC FIU); Jamie Rogers (Assistant Director, Digital Collections Center, FIU); Boyuan Guan. FIU GIS Day: GeoHumanities: Drawing New Connections in Time & Space. Miami, FL: Florida International University. March 29, 2013.
  • "Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and Collaborative Digital Programs for Government Documents." Presenter: Brooke Wooldridge. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. March 25-27, 2013.
  • "UNA Digital Learning Material Project" Training and Presentations. Presenter: Mark Sullivan. Curaçao: University of the Netherlands Antilles. March 20-22, 2013.
• February 2013
  • THATCamp Florida
• January 2013
  • "Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Training on digitization theory and practice and management of digitization projects." Trainer: Mark Sullivan. US Virgin Islands: University of the Virgin Islands. Jan. 17-18, 2013.
  • “The Florida Digital Newspaper Library: Webinar for the Tampa Bay Library Consortium.” Presenters: Laurie Taylor and Pat Reakes, University of Florida. Tampa Bay Library Consortium and Florida AskA Librarian. Webinar: Jan. 23, 2013. <http://sobekrepository.org/AA00011618/00001>.
• December 3-4, 2012
  • Collaboration meeting with FIU and FIU-Wolfsonian on geo-spatial additions to SobekCM and possible future granting opportunities. (Mark Sullivan and Suchi Yellapantula.
• INKE Birds-of-a-Feather Gathering:  Research Foundations for Understanding Books and Reading in the Digital Age E/Merging Reading, Writing, and Research Practices
  Havana, Cuba, December 9-16, 2012
  “The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC): Creating a Shared Research Foundation.” / “La Biblioteca Digital del Caribe (dLOC).”

  Laurie Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
  Margarita Vargas Betancourt, Caribbean Basin Librarian, University of Florida
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Program Director

  ThatCamp Caribe
  Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, November 12-14, 2012
  Digital Library of the Caribbean Workshop
  Laurie Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Program Director

  West Indian Literature Conference: Imagined Nations, 50 Years Later - Reflections on Independence and Federation in the Caribbean
  Miami, FL, October 11-13, 2012
  “Round Table: Publishing Projects Past, Present and Future: Bridging the Historical and Digital Divides”
  Leah Rosenberg, University of Florida

  SALALM: Popular Culture: Arts and Social Change in Latin America
  St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, June 16-19, 2012
  “Digital Library Representations of Popular Culture, and Relevance and Impact for Social Change”
  Laurie Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
  Gayle Williams, Latin American and Caribbean Information Resource Librarian, Florida International University
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Coordinator

  ACURIL: 365 Doors Opened on the Technological Information Revolution
  Petionville, Haiti, June 3-9, 2012
  “The Promise of Digital Libraries Against the Perils of Erasure”
  Laurie Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Coordinator

  Poster Presentation: The Digital Library of the Caribbean Haiti Projects
  Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler, Exhibits Coordinator, University of Florida

  “Digital Library of the Caribbean – Haiti”
  Fr. Andre Ernest Even, Director, FIC Library
  Jean Wilfrid Bertrand, Director, National Archives of Haiti
  Bernado Alexis, Head of Digitization, National Archives of Haiti
  Fenton Charles, Digitization Technician, National Archives of Haiti
  Marie France Guillaume, Library Assistant, FIC Library
  Marie Cerette Lubin, Library Assistant, FIC Library
  
  Caribbean Studies Association
  Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, May 28 – June 1, 2012
  “Bridging the Invisible Gap: Teaching the Caribbean to Heritage Learners”
  Israel Alonso, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Miami
  Liesl B. Picard, Associate Director, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Coordinator

  Latin American Studies Association: Toward a Third Century of Independence in Latin America
  San Francisco, California, May 23-26, 2012
  “Disaster Response on the Cultural Front: Collaboration to Save the Cultural Heritage in the Wake of Earthquakes”
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Coordinator

  Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars:  The Caribbean, the Land and the People: Women’s Efforts, Women’s Lives
  May 8-12, 2012
  “The Digital Library of the Caribbean: A new model for collections”
  Brooke Wooldridge, Digital Library of the Caribbean Coordinator

Selected Publications, Presentations & Trainings through Nov. 2012

• Lois J. Widmer, Laurie N. Taylor, and Mark V. Sullivan. "Florida Digital Newspaper Library: Library and Publisher Partnerships For Access and Preservation." Florida Libraries (Fall 2012: 55/2), 15-17.
• Rebecca Jefferson, Laurie N. Taylor, and Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler. “Digital Dreams: the Potential in a Pile of Old Jewish Newspapers.” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (2012: 24/3): <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wacq20/current>.
• "Research Data Lifecycle Management: Tools and Guidelines" by Erik Deumens, Laurie N. Taylor, Rachel Schipper, Cecilia Botero, Rolando Garcia-Milian, Hannah Norton, Michele Tennant, Sophia Acord, and Chris Barnes. Workshop on Research Data Lifecycle Management (RDLM 2011), July 18-20, 2011; Princeton University; Princeton, NJ: 2011.
  
• Nemmers, Laura K. and Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler, “Advancing Digitization: Art and Technology,” in Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at Twenty Years: The Collection Catalogue, ed. Jason Steuber, Laura K. Nemmers, and Tracy E. Pfaff (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010), 227-231.
• "Increasing Access to Agricultural Publications Using Digital Repositories and the Semantic Web" by Val Davis, Laurie Taylor, Stephen Williams, Dina Benson, Sara Russell Gonzalez, and Mark Sullivan. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Digital Libraries. New Delhi, India: International Conference on Digital Libraries: 2010.
• "Managing an Open Access, Multi-Institutional, International Digital Library: the Digital Library of the Caribbean" (in Resource Sharing & Information Networks), by Brooke Wooldridge, Laurie Taylor, and Mark Sullivan, 2009.
• "Digital Library of the Caribbean : a User-centric Model for Technology Development in Collaborative Digitization Projects" (Invited paper to a Special issue of OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives), by Marilyn Ochoa and Mark Sullivan, 2009.
• "Open Access to Historic and Current Florida Newspapers and Other Resources at UF," (in the Florida Library Association News Digest), August 2009. (text)
• “Digitizing Museum Collections: The Elmer Harvey Bone Photographic Collection,” MA Thesis by Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler, 2009
• "Usability Report for UFDC," by Marilyn Ochoa, Tom Minton, Dina Benson, Nathan Davies, Margeaux Johnson, and Missy Shoop (Clapp), 2009
• "Building a Digital Library of the Caribbean: Crossing Borders" (in Caribbean Libraries in the 21st Century), by Erich Kesse, Catherine M. Marsicek, and Judith V. Rogers, 2007
• "From the Air: the Photographic Record of Florida's Lands" (in OCLC Systems & Services), by Stephanie Haas, Erich Kesse, Mark Sullivan, Randall Renner, and Joe Aufmuth, 2005
• "Ephemeral Cities" (in RLG DigiNews) by Erich Kesse, 2004