Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders) and the State University of Haiti (UEH) are excited to announce the official opening, on September 30th 2011, of the first Digital Library of the State University of Haiti, a computing laboratory which leads millions online academic resources (books, periodic, newspapers, etc.) to the 15,000 UEH’s students, researchers and...

BSF helped create a Law and International Relations reference library in Port-au-Prince for the benefit of the MInistry of Foreign Affairs.   PROJECT DESCRIPTION When the upper stories of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs collapsed, they crushed the rooms housing the Ministry’s archives and International Law Library, both located on the building’s ground floor. In...

In the immediate aftermath of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake, BSF implemented a short- and long-term plan to save the capital’s patrimonial collections involving the reconstruction of heavily damaged public library, school and university structures. The response to our call for donations, together with support from CulturesFrance, allowed BSF to organize an emergency mission to the...

Creation of a Digital Library and a Central University Library in Port-au-Prince In partnership with the State University of Haiti, BSF is establishing a digital library that, beginning in 2011, will open to receive the 15,000 students of Port-au-Prince. In the long-term, BSF is preparing for the future university library of Port-au-Prince.   PROJECT DESCRIPTION...

BSF is helping the libraries of Haiti, which were gravely damaged by the earthquake. It is simultaneously conducting an observation mission in order to identify what needs to be done outside of the capital.   PROJECT DESCRIPTION Most of the school, university and community libraries of Port-au-Prince are out of service. The National Library, the...