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Puerto Rico's libraries, archives and museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria Main Menu Content Table of contents Introduction Introduction to the timeline Acknowledgments Time to say thank you About the Authors A little bit about the contributors Timeline Content for the months of September 2017 through September 2018 Interviews Interviews with libraries, archives and museum professionals about the impact of hurricane Maria at their institutions Contribute Contribute to the timeline

Episode 25: Disaster Response

30992 In Episode 25, Dewey Decibel features interviews with two librarians whose expertise has them on the front lines of environmental disaster relief and preparedness. First, American Libraries' Associate Editor Terra Dankowski talks with Miriam Centeno, a collections care coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries. Miriam traveled to Puerto Rico to help train librarians there in preservation and collections care following Hurricane Maria in fall 2017. Next, American Libraries Associate Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart speaks with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, coordinator for library sustainability at Mid-Hudson Library System in Poughkeepsie, New York, and author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, both published by ALA Editions.

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May 2018 Hilda Teresa Ayala-González
Contents of this tag:
1. “Seizing the Memes of Production: Political memes in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican Diaspora”
2. Episode 25: Disaster Response In Episode 25, Dewey Decibel features interviews with two librarians whose expertise has them on the front lines of environmental disaster relief and preparedness. First, American Libraries' Associate Editor Terra Dankowski talks with Miriam Centeno, a collections care coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries. Miriam traveled to Puerto Rico to help train librarians there in preservation and collections care following Hurricane Maria in fall 2017. Next, American Libraries Associate Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart speaks with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, coordinator for library sustainability at Mid-Hudson Library System in Poughkeepsie, New York, and author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, both published by ALA Editions.
3. SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón
4. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
5. Manejo de hongos en colecciones culturales
6. “Hongos y filtraciones, enemigos de las bibliotecas afectadas por María”
7. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
8. “Peligra la memoria histórica del país”
9. SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to La Casa del Libro
10. Rescate de recursos de información: Manejo de agua y hongos A group of graduate students (future librarians and archivist) from the Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información (EGCTI) from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras had the opportunity to practice rescuing affected collections after a catastrophic event. The workshop was offered by Soraya Serra, registrar at the Museo de Arte de Ponce, at the Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín.
11. Memoria y humedad
12. “Helping libraries recover post-Hurricane Maria” Publication - Newsletter for the Friends of the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, Friendscript, summarizing how through Miriam Centeno they helped libraries in Puerto Rico with a donation of 3 preservation kit supplies. They were received by the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, and the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.
13. “Protecting Puerto Rico’s heritage from another disaster”
14. Public libraries of Johnson County team up to help Puerto Rico
September 2018 Hilda Teresa Ayala-González
Contents of this tag:
1. La Borinqueña ha escogido a la biblioteca comunitaria del Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo para recibir apoyo
2. UNE recibió fondos para preservar espacios y equipos en bibliotecas
3. Episode 25: Disaster Response In Episode 25, Dewey Decibel features interviews with two librarians whose expertise has them on the front lines of environmental disaster relief and preparedness. First, American Libraries' Associate Editor Terra Dankowski talks with Miriam Centeno, a collections care coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries. Miriam traveled to Puerto Rico to help train librarians there in preservation and collections care following Hurricane Maria in fall 2017. Next, American Libraries Associate Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart speaks with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, coordinator for library sustainability at Mid-Hudson Library System in Poughkeepsie, New York, and author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, both published by ALA Editions.
4. Y no había luz takes its art to those that needs it
5. Marin librarian raises money for hurricane-damaged library in Puerto Rico
6. Hurricane Maria Anniversary Auction to Support Latinx Youth
7. Student shares photos of the actual state of the 5th floor in UPR-Cayey Library
8. Línea de defensa del patrimonio cultural
9. 20 voces en lucha por Puerto Rico - Marianne Ramírez Aponte, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
10. #Ricanstruction
11. After the Storm: On the Artist’s Life in Puerto Rico, Post-Maria
12. Hurricane Maria and Its Lessons on Preservation
13. APOYO sends 30 Emergency Response and Salvage Wheels to Puerto Rico