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Save the dates: CIFNAL Speaker Series (Virtual), Spring 2022

CIFNAL is proud to announce its first virtual Speaker Series to debut this Spring.

Clovis Gladstone: Computational Approaches to Textual Scholarship: the ARTFL Project’s French Digital Collections

February 4, 12-1pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYodeugrTojHNeIssD-daPSy57tRvumwTgn

M. Stephanie Chancy: Preserving Cultural and Historical Patrimony: dLOC Partnerships and Collaborations in Haiti

February 25, 2-3pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkd-qgqzkrE9UEMOcVUa0CvaXlO6SDW7iC

Darlene Hull (Libros de Barlovento): Plein de Défis : a Book Vendor’s Experience Acquiring Library Materials from Haiti

March 4, 2-3pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYoc-GvpzstGNyC62otaAvYbVnb3ogf1nSj

Jérémie Roche (CAIRN), Julie Therizols (OpenEdition), and Emilie Chouinard (Erudit): The Future of Electronic Publishing in France and Francophone Canada

March 28, 12-1pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuf-mqqzwtHdUfUVU_jqFfc9IdeE-c07Qh

Nathan H. Dize: Translating Haiti in the Archives of Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

April 15, 12-1pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwldO-hrjIpHNNzGVGgE-bG-90v0WCVIvjw

Quinn Dombrowski: Corpus Hebdo: Building Infrastructure for Multilingual Digital Humanities

May 20, 12-1pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsfuuopzIuH9bz_pyH4Vp9Nj4c5fsj19ga

Charlotte Denoël: French medieval manuscripts at the BnF: current research programs and future perspectives

June 10, 12-1pm EST

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcOCpqTkqGtyZGvwVCpRkJY4Us88EWBxL

More information about each talk will be available soon.

Virtual Fall Festival 2020

The Libraries are hosting the first Virtual Fall Festival beginning this Friday, August 28 through Friday, September 4. Join us for a week of fun, games and resources!

Friday 8/28 @11 am – Staying Well with HSCL
At this mini-workshop, learn about some of the best websites for health information, such as MedlinePlus, as well as information portals made by the HSC Library and others at UF that can help you find wellness resources in Gainesville.

Monday 8/31 – All Day Guess the Children’s Book Title

Can you guess the titles of children’s books based on nothing but emoji? Take the quiz and find out!

Tuesday 9/1 – All Day Get Buzzed with AFA

Take the multiple-choice quiz based on materials available at Architecture and Fine Arts Library to discover aspects of your personality you may not have known. Compare yourself with famous people, buildings, artworks, musicians and performers to discover the hidden you.

Wednesday 9/2 – All Day An InvestiGATOR in Library West

A fun, online, mystery activity to help you become familiar with the Libraries’ homepage and student-oriented services.

Thursday-9/3 – All Day Legends of the Hidden Library

Join the fearless Fall Fest explorers as they take a deep dive into the books, archives and manuscripts of UF’s Special and Area Studies Collections.

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UF Resources from the Comfort of your Couch

Learn how to connect to, search, and shape the digital collections available at the Libraries from the source.

Friday 9/4 @ 3 pm – Drag Story Time with Bubbles

Celebrate a first week back to class with some drag magic live from Marston Science Library. Special guest Mx. Bubbles will read aloud a selection of fun science-themed storybooks.

French Academic Libraries During COVID-19: A Conversation with Mélissa Defond

French Academic Libraries During COVID-19: A Conversation with Mélissa Defond.

For this special zoom session, Mélissa Defond, Head of the Research Department at the Université Polytechnique, Hauts-de-France, discussed the impact of COVID-19 on academic libraries in France. More specifically, she discussed the situation at her library and what steps they are taking now that confinement is ending in France. This session was an opportunity to share thoughts, concerns, and ideas as we start thinking about steps to reopen libraries and what the future of academic libraries worldwide will look like.

Meet the People of DH

I am delighted to have been part of the “DH for Librarians” project led by Emma Annette Wilson. Always happy to share the work I do alongside my colleague Laurie N. Taylor.

Capture of the DH for Librarians website describing the video Laurie and I did for the project.

Finding French and Francophone Special Collections

Many institutions in the United States and Canada have very strong French and Francophone collections. In 2017, CRL’s Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL) Collection Development Working Group had the pleasure to work with an intern from ENSSIB, who created a database and map of these collections. The database and the map are now featured on this website: https://cifnalcollections.wordpress.com/

Click on the Collections menu to see a list of collections with detailed descriptions in English. Click on the Map menu to visualize the locations of the many institutions represented in the database.

We are grateful to Anne-Charlotte Pivot for her fast and professional work on this project. Anne-Charlotte also prepared a detailed explanation of the rationale behind the project and how to best use the database, explanation which is available in both English and French.

The CIFNAL Collection Development Working Group has also created and is sustaining a LibGuide that compiles a number of French and Francophone Digital Humanities projects from around the world. You can suggest new projects if you see one that is missing!

Getting to Know Your Library West Librarians

Last week, we launched a series of profile videos so you can get to know the amazing librarians who work at Library West at the University of Florida. Library West is the Humanities and Social Sciences library at UF. The videos were filmed during the Summer 2017 semester and were completed thanks to a Smathers Graduate Internship in Public Relations (see proposal). The goal with these videos is to show students and faculty that librarians are approachable as well as highlight how librarians can help patrons with their research needs and more (academic job market, instruction, etc…).

My video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tSE51W_oo&index=6&list=PLm1EZOX-MZAV29cvdiIZbLytzv6J3elfj&t=0s .

If you are interested in watching all the videos, the playlist is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tSE51W_oo&index=6&list=PLm1EZOX-MZAV29cvdiIZbLytzv6J3elfj&t=0s

Image including different thumbnails from each librarian's videos.

Workshops at the University of Florida in May

Please join us for the following workshops:
Wednesday, May 9, 1-3 pm
Introduction to 3D Technologies and Augmented Reality
Marston Science Library, Rm L136
Workshop created and hosted by graduate students Brittany Mistretta and Francisco Morales
Wednesday, May 16, 1-2 pm
Introduction to Project Management
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Scholars Studio)
Workshop created and hosted by graduate students Holland Hall and Patrick Daglaris