World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 2022

Communication & Information

https://youtu.be/0hQdDLQsKJs      Interview undertaken on the value of  audio visual heritage in Jamaica as we commemorate World Day for Audio Visual Heritage: Interview by Dr Anna Paolini, Director, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and Beverley Lashley, Executive Director, National Library of Jamaica/MOW Chair on Sunrise at CVM Globally […]

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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2022

International Observances

As part of efforts to raise awareness for the Day Dr Anna Paolini, Director, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and Beverley Lashley, Executive Director, National Library of Jamaica/Chair, Memory of the World, Jamaica spoke on “The value of AV heritage” at an interview on Sunrise at CVM with host […]

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Workshop on the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme was held in Curaçao

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The objective of the workshop, among other, was to review the status of the National Memory of the World in Curaçao, and discuss the national, regional and international Registry of the Memory of the World. The first Catechism Written in the national language of Curaçao, Papiamentu, was included in the […]

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Inscription on the Cuban National Register of the “Memory of the World Program”

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Under the auspices of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO and the National Committee of the Memory of the World Program of UNESCO, the document “Tarifa General de Precios de Medicina”, was inscribed in the National Register of this Program. This outstanding heritage is the first known and preserved printed […]

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Memory of the World (MOW) Training Workshop

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Memory of the World Training Workshop engages Latin America and Caribbean countries to better the nomination process for the International Registry. The UNESCO Memory of the World Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean was held from August 24 – 27, 2015 in Kingston. | READ MORE

Roger Mais Inscription

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KINGSTON, JAMAICA —  The Roger Mais Collection held at the Main Library at The University of the West Indies, Mona has been officially inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Latin America and Caribbean Regional Register. The official Certificate acknowledging the inscription of the work of the late Jamaican […]

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Jamaica’s Documentary Heritage

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The National Library of Jamaica has undertaken to compile a register of the little known but significant heritage documents of the Caribbean. The Caribbean is hereby defined as those Member and Associate Member countries of CARICOM. | READ MORE