ABSTRACT
This chapter will discuss how to build transformative digital humanities projects using two case studies from the Smathers Graduate Student Internship Program at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. These internships show how we can transform and enhance existing digital collections with strong international emphases to make them more accessible to the international community. The internships also highlight how librarians, curators, and archivists can train the next generation of digital scholars and better prepare them for the academic job market. We will focus on two internships connected to the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC). One graduate intern, under the supervision of the European Studies librarian, produced Spanish-language video tutorials on how to use and navigate the dLOC website. The student also hosted a webinar in Spanish to introduce dLOC to new international users. A second intern explored Cuban and Caribbean titles located within the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature’s physical and digital holdings, compiled a bibliography based on content and geographical focus, and aligned the titles on a data visualization map of the Caribbean. The intern also prepared a list of titles to be digitized and shared with dLOC.
