The
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
Latin American & Caribbean Collections are a
library
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within the
George A. Smathers Libraries
The George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida constitute one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support ...
is "one of the leading research collections of its kind".
Founded in 1951 to support scholarly interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, now the Latin American and Caribbean Collections are one of the University of Florida’s preeminent collections, holding approximately 500,000 volumes, over 50,000 microforms, thousands of current and historical serial titles, and a large number of digital resources. The Collections were also part of the
Farmington Plan The Farmington Plan was a twentieth-century collective collections initiative developed by American research libraries in order to ensure access to research materials and publications regardless of war or other events around the world. The plan crea ...
.
See also
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University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies
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Digital Library of the Caribbean
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is an international digital library operated collaboratively by the contributing partners.
Partners
Current partners continue to grow on a regular basis and are listed on thdLOC Partner Page Partners in ...
References
External links
Latin American & Caribbean Collections*
ttp://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ George A. Smathers LibrariesLink to all of UF's librariesUniversity of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC)
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