University of Florida Latin American Collection
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Library |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Smathers Library Gainesville, Florida, United States |
| Parent | George A. Smathers Libraries |
| Website | cms.uflib.ufl.edu/lac/Index.aspxl |
The University of Florida Latin American & Caribbean Collections is a library within the George A. Smathers Libraries is "one of the leading research collections of its kind".[1] Founded in 1951 to support scholarly interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, now the Latin American and Caribbean Collections are one of the University of Florida’s preeminent collections, holding approximately 500,000 volumes, over 50,000 microforms, thousands of current and historical serial titles, and a large number of digital resources. The Collections were also part of the Farmington Plan.
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[edit]- ^ "LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COLLECTION". UF Center for Latin American Studies. UF Center for Latin American Studies. Retrieved 17 June 2019.