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Founded in 2004, the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) has grown from nine founding partners to over sixty partners in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, Central and South America, and Europe. Read about dLOC and its mission, see partner pages below, and visit the dLOC StoryMap highlighting our partners.

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. The dLOC partner institutions (link in this site; and link in new governance site) are the core of dLOC. dLOC partners retain all rights to their materials and provide access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections. (Application to become a dLOC partner with a link to partner guidelines). Read the dLOC Fact Sheet or please contact us with any questions.

dLOC also supports collaborative project development and funding initiatives for partners, including the Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative and a collaborative funding model with members that contribute funding. These activities complement the work by the dLOC partners, who contribute content, and time and expertise in shared governance.