New Books on Women in Brazil
Come check out our New Book Shelf for books on women in Brazil!
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El fútbol / O futebol / Le football
With international soccer competitions reaching their final stages this week, LACC would like to share a display with some of its material that relate to the world’s most popular sport. Our display is currently placed in the front of our reference desk, located in the 3rd floor of the Smathers…
The Gay Freedom Movement of Jamaica
Founded in 1977, the Gay Freedom Movement of Jamaica published a newsletter and provided a gay youth program, prison outreach program, and free STD clinic to the gay community in Jamaica. GYM General Secretary Larry Chang also edited and published a newsletter, the Jamaica Gaily News, from 1977 to…
Paul Losch named LC Field Director, Rio de Janeiro
Congratulations to former LACC Librarian Paul Losch on his appointment as Field Director of the Library of Congress Overseas Operations Office in Rio de Janeiro! Read more in this interview with the Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room about his…
The Jewish Diaspora Collection
The Jewish Diaspora Collection (JDoC) is a collaborative and cooperative digital library designed to preserve and provide wide access to Jewish heritage materials from Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Modeled on the Digital Library of the Caribbean, JDoC provides a host site and portal for digitized versions…
LACC Services during Summer A
The LACC reading room is open Mondays through Fridays, and our book pickup service is continuing through Summer A.
The Album de Viaje of Eusebio Guiteras (1842-1845)
Image Gallery Nineteen-year-old Eusebio Guiteras left Matanzas, Cuba, in 1842 for a three-year tour visiting the US, Canada, France, Spain, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire, including Istanbul, the Egyptian pyramids, & Jerusalem. His travel journals are a unique source of observations and the connections that a young Cuban aristocrat…
Virtual Tour of UF Libraries
UF Admissions recently created a virtual tour of the UF Libraries for potential students and anyone else who wants to see our spaces and the people who work there! Watch the embedded video above for more information.
Dr. Vargas-Betancourt joins “Empowering Archives”
On behalf of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), Dr. Margarita Vargas-Betancourt joined the International Council on Archives (ICA) campaign #EmpoweringArchives.
The Haitian American Dream Timeline
The Haitian American Dream Timeline is now live! Created by Alexandra Cenatus, Ivanna Moreno, and Dr. Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, the Timeline examines the events and the forgotten stories of Haitian immigrants in the United States. In so doing, it explains the reasons behind the…
