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Collaborative Engagement in Library Instruction at the University of Florida

Explore the mission of George A. Smathers Libraries, Cuban collections, course development, and librarian-faculty collaboration examples. Dive into Cuban Revolution materials, significance, and the study of migration in the Caribbean. Delve into Libguides, librarian roles, and resource recommendations.

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Collaborative Engagement in Library Instruction at the University of Florida

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  1. dLOC in Library Instruction Collaboration Between Faculty and Librarians Margarita Vargas-Betancourt University of Florida July 2013

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

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

  4. Three Examples of Collaboration Between Faculty and Librarians • 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. Cuban Collections • What has been collected and is now at dLOC? • Rare books • Maps • Records related to slavery and military affairs • Manuscript collections that cover the years since the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898) • Material on the Spanish American War • Braga Brothers Collection Result: One of the strongest collections on Cuban material.

  6. What Is New in the Cuban Collections? • Material on the Cuban Revolution • A result of: • Donation of the Neill Macaulay Collection. • Collaboration with Prof. Lillian Guerra. • Examples • An online collection: Cuban Revolutionary Posters • A digitized collection: Rafael Martinez Pupo Papers Relating to ComandosMambises • Significance • Supported archival cycle. • Sets a model on how to deal with sensitive material.

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

  8. Libguides • 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: • Early Caribbean History • Modern Caribbean • Tourism & the Caribbean

  9. Contact InformationMargarita Vargas-BetancourtPhone: (352) 273-2692mvargasb@ufl.eduwww.uflib.ufl.edu/lac

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