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Cuba and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

Williams-McWorter, Kate; Alkalimat, Abdul

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Title
Cuba and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Author(s)
  • Williams-McWorter, Kate
  • Alkalimat, Abdul
Issue Date
2019
Keyword(s)
  • Cuba
  • Marta Terry González
  • Libraries
  • Cuban libraries
Geographic Coverage
Cuba
Abstract
This article focuses on Cuba's international library work by examining the activity of Marta Terry González, a library leader in several top Cuban institutions. As an Afro-Cuban woman, she embodied the rise of the Global South, entering the international arena in 1968 and continuing to be active for forty years. By considering the events she participated in through the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from start to conclusion, this article explains how Cuban library work democratized the field and expanded and improved library services for more people.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 67 (4). Spring 2019
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105988
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2019.0024
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105989
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2019 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 67 (4) Spring 2019: Communities and Technologies: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Librarians in Cuba PRIMARY
Library Trends 67 (4) Spring 2019: Communities and Technologies: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Librarians in Cuba. Edited by Kate Williams-McWorter, Yohannis Martí-Lahera, and Pedro Urra González.