Drawing on examples from the “Programming Historian en español” (PHes) and the “Proyecto Humboldt Digital” (ProHD), in this presentation I will argue that, while the FAIR Principles can guide how we build DH resources in the Global North, any attempt to apply them in the Global South (especially in Latin American countries) may replicate…[Read more]

The invention of the viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada (today Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama) in 1739 was a response to an economic project of the Spanish monarchy to protect the north of South America from foreign incursions and to extract greater resources for the crown. This project of seeking administrative and geographical…[Read more]

In the past ten years, a number of digital projects have demonstrated the possibilities afforded by developing semantic ontologies. Linked Jazz, for example, continues to demonstrate how discoveries can aid libraries and archives in re-imagining the representation of their holdings that contain music. The recently published Linked Irish…[Read more]

How can we protect and preserve endangered archives in Haiti? In 2010, Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) launched the Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative, which builds on strong, existing long-term partnerships, with an emphasis on accountability and transparency. This talk will focus on the numerous digitization projects, digital…[Read more]