
Latin American and Caribbean Collection
Located on the third floor of the historic Smathers Library, LACC is among a small number of academic research library collections in the United States devoted to collecting Latin American and Caribbean materials.
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Book Pickup Service
We are only checking out books by pickup request. Click “request” on any LACC book available for checkout in our catalog. Email us lacref@uflib.ufl.edu if you have any questions or problems using this service!
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Off-Campus Access
If you are doing research from OFF campus (home, coffee shop, etc.) then you must login before you can access any of our electronic materials. You have 2 options – the dedicated UF VPN, or the library proxy server.
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Start Your Research
We have a guide for you on where to start in Latin American and Caribbean studies research. Whether you are doing thesis research, writing a term paper, or pursuing a personal interest, start here!
How can We help?
Library Accessibility Resources
The UF Libraries provide a number of services to ensure access to library collections and services for individuals with disabilities.
What’s New
New Online exhibit
The Haitian American Dream Timeline
The Haitian American Dream, created by Alexandra Cenatus, Ivanna Moreno, and Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, examines the events and the forgotten stories of Haitian immigrants in the United States. In so doing, it explains the reasons behind the different waves of Haitian migration, its ongoing impacts, and upheavals so that, as Michel-Rolph Trouillot states, the stories of “the actors who participate in the production of history or any of the sites where that production” transpired are told.

Fellowship Announcement
Margarita Vargas-Betancourt named Rare Book School (RBS) Cultural Heritage Fellow for 2020-2022
Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Associate Librarian and Latin American & Caribbean Special Collections Librarian, has been named one of 15 prestigious RBS-Mellon Cultural Heritage Fellows for 2020-2022.

New Hire
Thiago de Andrade Joins Latin American and Caribbean Collection as Circulation Assistant
Please join us in welcoming Thiago de Andrade, the new Circulation Assistant in the Latin American and Caribbean Collection. Thiago received his Bachelors of Arts in English Language and Literature from the Universidade Federal do Tocantins in Araguaina, Brazil, and is presently a post-Baccalaureate student in Computer Science at the University of Florida.

Publication News
Library Staff Co-Author Book Chapter
Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Jessica L. English, Angelibel Soto, and Melissa Jerome co-wrote a chapter titled “Contesting Colonial Library Practices of Accessibility and Representation,” in Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation, edited by Mary Kandiuk. (Sacramento CA: Library Juice Press, 2020).
Featured Content
Online Resources
LACC Remote Access in Times of COVID-19
The purpose of this presentation is to highlight some of the George A. Smathers Libraries’s and the Latin American and Caribbean Collection’s remote access resources.

Some content available in English and Spanish
The Cuban American Dream Timeline
Timeline created by Katiana Bagué and Alexis Baldacci to complement the exhibit, The Cuban American Dream, which was on view in the Smathers Library Gallery March 27 – June 2, 2017.

See our online book display
Earth Day 2020
Online multimedia book display created by Anamaría Mata Preciado to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.

Open Access Resources
Access to Cuban Heritage Sources
Learn about online sources on Cuban heritage in this webinar by Paula de la Cruz-Fernández. The presentation is available for download in MP4, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Our SPace
Please wear a face covering!
UF policy requires face coverings in all UF and UF Health buildings.

Request a book for pickup
We are only checking out books by pickup request. Click “request” on any LACC book available for checkout in our catalog.

Practice Social Distancing in the Library

Library Occupancy Counter
Check the occupancy of the LACC before visiting.

LACC Reading Room Hours
300 Smathers Library
LACC Reading Room (Third Floor)
Study Area, email lacref@uflib.uflib.ufl.edu for access to collections
8am – 6pm Monday – Thursday
8am – 5pm Friday
We are closed weekends during Fall 2020
Research is by appointment, and check outs are through our pickup service only.