Author: margo

Building the
Dutch Caribbean Digital Platform:
a community-based approach

Our main objectives are to:
increase the availability of local
content
increase the volume of local digital content
create and share local digital learning material
stimulate and diversify the use of local content
facilitate local digitalization initiatives
preserve cultural heritage

We are obtaining our goals by:
implementing a cooperative model to optimize synergy
implementing Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) technology
offering other institutions our infrastructure, experience and knowledge to create and share their collections
connecting different materials about the same object and subject

The Dutch Caribbean Digital
Platform is designed as a
community platform.
We have chosen a cooperative model to work with key partners in the community, such as other
libraries, archives, museums,
cultural heritage organizations, schools and other knowledge and
research institutes.
Thus we created a win-win
situation: we offer our infrastructure, experience and knowledge; our partners offer their content to be shared in our platform, thereby increasing the value for all users.

Our 2014-2015 action plan for implementation and further enhancement:
Summer 2014: deliver working online environment with documentation
August-September 2014: train team of students, start acquisition of new open access collections
August-December 2014: run pilot aimed at adding licensed materials and testing procedures
January 2015: implement standard procedures for adding open access and licensed materials

Contact
For further information please contact:
Ms. Margo Groenewoud Head Library & Research
Services (LRS), University of Curaçao (UoC)
m.groenewoud@uoc.cw
Mr. Irwin Korstjens Coordinator Faculty Support and
Library Innovation, LRS UoC
i.korstjens@uoc.cw

Poster Presentation developed for the ACURIL XLIV Conference
Libraries, Archives and Museums: Gateway To Information Literacy & Cultural Heritage
8th - 12th June 2014, Nassau, Bahamas