Compartir lo que nos une Digitizing and Curating Colonial Records from the Caribbean and Central and South America for Public Outreach #228 - Panel virtual / virtual panel • Antonio Rojas Castro, Tobias Kraft, Kathrin Kraller, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany • Hadassah St. Hubert, Florida International University, USA • María José Afanador-Llach, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia DH2020v Conference Humanities Commons, July 20-24, 2020 • Grisel Terrón, Eritk Guerra, Alaina Solernou, Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana La Habana, Cuba • Amalia S. Levi, The HeritEdge Connection, Barbados Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiatives at Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Panel: Compartir lo que nos une. Digitizing and Curating Colonial Records from the Caribbean and Central and South America for Public Outreach #228 Virtual Panel/ Panel Virtual Presenter: Hadassah St. Hubert, Ph.D. CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Email: hsthuber@fiu.edu Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Created in 2004, dLOC is a platform for Caribbean research materials which are free and open access. Administered by Florida International University (FIU) in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) and the University of Florida (UF), dLOC's technical infrastructure is provided by the University of Florida (UF). dLOC'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. dLOC'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. 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Bibliothèque Nationale d’Haïti, established in 1939, holds a collection of historical rare books, manuscripts and newspapers, and offers current publications, research support, and study space. Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne (BHFIC), founded in 1912 by the Christian Brothers, serves as a repository for Haitian imprints and holds one of the most significant collections of newspapers. Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit (BHPSE), (Saint-Martial) founded in 1873 by the Fathers of the Holy Spirit, holds documents and rare books chronicling French colonization, slavery and emancipation, the Haitian Revolution, and Haiti’s nineteenth and twentieth century history. Renamed Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Spiritains (BHS) in 2019. Haiti: An Island Luminous Haiti: An Island Luminous An Island Luminous is a Digital Humanities website to help readers learn about Haiti’s history. A collaborative effort hosted online by Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), An Island Luminous combines rare books, manuscripts, and photos scanned by archives and libraries in Haiti and the United States with commentary by over 100 experts. It is available in English, Haitian Kreyòl, and French. http://islandluminous.fiu.edu/ Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National (ISPAN) The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) partnered with Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National (ISPAN) in 2017 to protect Haitian national patrimony. ISPAN Archive Cap Haïtien, Haiti Royal Chapel of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church • In 1934, following the long U.S. Occupation of Haiti (1915-1934), Haitian President, Sténio Vincent, had the dome reconstructed in an effort to reclaim Haiti’s historic heritage – the Chapel was the only building in the Sans-Souci complex to be rebuilt. • In 2017, the dome underwent another series of repairs and restoration by ISPAN. • Early in the morning on Monday, April 13, 2020, the historic church caught fire and the dome was destroyed, only the walls remain. Experts are evaluating the site to determine what can be saved. 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