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The Haiti Libraries Alliance

A free community of library workers and library advocates, inside Haiti and around the world.

Founded 2020Monthly Zoom meetings since 202112 member libraries and growingFree to join

The Alliance promotes libraries, strengthens librarianship and connects library people through information sharing, capacity development and collaboration. It was established in 2020 after a survey of Haiti's libraries and stakeholders, and began monthly meetings and its e-list in 2021. It is a collaboration between the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois and Partners in Literacy Haiti.

What members get

Monthly meetings

Presentations on Zoom, from cataloguing to children's programming, recorded for anyone who cannot attend live.

The biblio-haiti e-list

An electronic mailing list connecting library people across Haiti and the diaspora.

Member resources

A password protected resource area of guides, templates and training material.

A real community

Twelve libraries sharing what works, in Kreyòl, French and English.

Membership is free

Tell us who you are, what you are requesting, and why you want to join. We will welcome you and send the resource access password.

Contact us to join