I began creating a Quechua library through NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) in Spring 2023. This library includes Quechua language learning books, story books, Andean history books, movies, audio files, and archival materials that have been a part of CLACS’s collection for many years. However, these materials are largely unknown to the community, and aren’t easily accessible. This summer, using a database of the materials and CollectionBuilder: an open source, Jekyll-based framework for creating digital collections, I created a Runakunaq Bibliotecanku (The People’s Library) for easier browsing and searching through the collection. The website is up, with many improvements on the way (including trilingual browsing and search, more local metadata, and more visualizations of the collection). At this time, patrons can browse, search, and request scans of any of the print materials we have at the CLACS library.

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