Since 2004, Digital Library of the Caribbean has worked with archives and libraries in Haiti  to scan and preserve rare books and manuscripts. Work on An Island Luminous  started in 2009. Initially titled “Endepandan Ankò,” the site only covered the years 1934 to 1946. In 2010, the site  expanded to include all of Haiti’s history.  It also took its new name, “An Island Luminous,” from a poem, “Calme,” by Haitian intellectual Jacques Roumain. Since 2010, we have invited over 100 authors to write commentary on various historical texts and photos.