FOKAL
Foundation for Knowledge and Liberty
Haiti
University of Puerto Rico
Library System
Puerto Rico
Dr. Jeannette Lebrón Ramos has experience in library environments since the year 2000. She currently works as a teaching librarian, reference service coordinator virtual in the Library System of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. At an academic level, she has a doctorate in Documentation: Archives and Libraries in the Digital Environment from the Carlos III University of Madrid, a master's degree in Administration Public and another in Sciences and Information Technologies, both from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
She is currently the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Division of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLALAC). She was the president of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 2021-2022 and ACURIL, Puerto Rico Chapter (2012-2021). He is a member of the Board of ACURIL and of ACURIL Chapter of Puerto Rico.
In June 2023 he received ACURIL's Caribbean Information Professional of the Year award.
National Library of Curaçao
Frank Martinus Arion
Curaçao
Yiannitzah Jacobus started working at the National Library of Curaçao in 2008, in the cataloging department. She has a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts & Design with a specialization in Audiovisual Design and a degree in Media, Information and Digital Literacy. During the years working in the Library she worked on different projects for schools, reading promotion programs, media literacy and exhibitions. In 2010 she became the program manager for the schools and next to that she developed the literature museum based in the National Library.
From 2012- 2016 she’s been Coordinating the department responsible for the digital cataloging and the collection department of the Library. As of 2016 I’ve been a member of the management team, and since July 2018 serving as the acting director of the library for almost two years. In 2022 she was the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for the 51th Acuril Conference in Curaçao, while being the Deputy Director of the Library and since September 2022 she is the Deputy Director of the National Library of Curaçao.
Mongui Maduro Library
Mongui Maduro Library
Curaçao
Lianne Leonora is a Curaçaon historian and social activist who researches social, cultural and political effects of colonialism on identity formation and nation building in the former Dutch colonies through the lens of critical race theories studies, post- and decolonial studies and critical discourse theories. She currently serves as Senior Information Specialist in charge of conserving the Dutch Caribbean Cultural Heritage and Jewish Archives of the Mikvé-Israël Emanuel Congregation of Curaçao at Mongui Maduro Library, Curaçao. She is an IFLA Licenced Caribbean Trainer for the Building Strong Libraries Associations Program and collaborates with local and international organizations. One of her professional life goals is to collect and share knowledge, raise awareness about conservation and documentation of Cultural Heritage and Caribbean History with a focus on ensuring a de-colonial and/or inclusive and truly accessible documentation of the cultural heritage while highlighting local, regional and global connections.
ACURIL Institution Member
University of the US Virgin Island
US Virgin Islands
Mr. Mark-Jeffery Deans is the Director of Libraries and the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of the Virgin Islands. He holds both a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information Studies from UWI, with a minor in International Relations. Mr. Deans is a past President of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA) and has served on the Board of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) and the Board of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL). He has also served on several local and international committees including the Communication and Information Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Chapter of UNESCO MIL Alliance. Mr. Deans has several publications in Media and Information Literacy and has lectured part-time at the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at the University of the West Indies, Mona and the University of the Virgin Islands. Mr. Deans has over twenty-five years of experience as an information professional.
ACURIL President 2024
Consultant
Haiti
Erick Toussaint worked at Fokal (Fondation Connaissance et Liberté) from 2009 to 2022 as a trainer first, then as the Library Program Coordinator. He was a member of the second cohort of INELI (International Network of Emerging Library Innovators) organized by the Global Libraries division at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He previous served as personal and institutional member of the executive council of ACURIL (Association of the Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries) and is currently the actual vice-president of the Association. He has previously worked in a community library and has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.