Launching LACLI: Project of open access resources for Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian studies
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In this briefing, representatives of the Latin American North East Libraries Consortium (LANE) will present the LACLI (Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources) project. The widespread closure of physical library spaces due to COVID-19 compelled educators and libraries to rely heavily on electronic resources to meet users' research needs. Launched in 2020 in response to the demand for e-resources, LACLI is a collective effort to create a warehouse of online free e-resources with Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian full content across research disciplines. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, to allow anyone to reuse LACLI to create their own guides or any other material for non-commercial purposes. This briefing will discuss LACLI's origins, vision, principles and strategies employed for a rapid launch of the resource, and offer a short user demonstration. LANE is an affinity group of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials.
