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The formation of the library was influenced by proposals calling for the need for such an institution identified by the Jamaica Library Association and other interested organizations. [5] During COVID-19 the planned preventative measures that the National Library of Jamaica implemented to safeguard the staff, clients and national collections is ...
As a digital library, the Digital Library of the Caribbean was established as led by Judith V. Rogers with a committee of librarians, scholars, and archivists at a meeting held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 17, 2004. The goal of dLOC is to build a cooperative digital library among partners within the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, thus ...
The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997. [1] By creating a compendium of important library and archive holdings – including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and digital documents [2] – the program aims to use its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and ...
The Jamaica Archives and Records Department is the national archives of Jamaica. [1] ... Collections In 2007, the ... See also. National Library of Jamaica; References
Walt W. Braithwaite spearheaded the development of CAD/CAM systems at Boeing, enabling the digital design and manufacture of airplanes. He also contributed significantly to the development of the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES). Braithwaite's common data format and translators from Boeing were used as the basis for developing the ...
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator.Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"), [2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.
2022 winner: Loida Garcia Febo, International Library Consultant expert in library services to diverse populations and human rights; 2019 winner: Cheryl Peltier-Davis, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; 2018 winner: Dr. Laurie N. Taylor, University of Florida and Digital Library of the Caribbean [25]
Joyce Lilieth Robinson OJ CD MBE (née Lawson; 2 July 1925 – 12 May 2013) was a Jamaican public servant best known for her work as a librarian. She served for lengthy periods as director of the Jamaica Library Service (1957–1976) and chair of the National Library of Jamaica (1979–1996), and was also briefly general manager of the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (1981–1982).