Puerto Rico's libraries, archives and museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria

February 2018

More articles exposing the damages and recovery effort on the Island emerged and a special publication about the impact and losses in the creative and artistic sector, written by Dianne Brás Feliciano, Emilia Quiñones Otal and Mariel Quiñones Vélez was published by the collective TransForma Colectivo Curatorial. They also highlight a few art works and exhibits on Puerto Rico related to Hurricane Maria. Another great article comes from Sujei Lugo, a former school librarian in Puerto Rico, narrating the local efforts coming from libraries to aid communities and children in affected areas.

As agencies continue to provide funding opportunities REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and Spanish Speakers, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) sponsored two workshops about grant writing. Also, the University of Illinois iSchool and the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs invited Miriam Centeno to talk about her experience in Puerto Rico and the Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico (ABESPRI) offered training related to disaster response for school librarians. A new FEMA deployment to assess damages for a month, this time in collaboration with the National Park Service Curators, was announced.

This page has paths:

  1. Timeline Hilda Teresa Ayala-González

Contents of this tag:

  1. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
  2. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
  3. ¡Alerta en nuestras bibliotecas: Preparándonos para afrontar el antes y el después de un desastre provocado por la naturaleza!
  4. “Rebuilding Puerto Rican Libraries” and “Preservation Challenges in Puerto Rico”
  5. “Local educators lead relief efforts in Puerto Rico”
  6. “El impacto de María en la comunidad creativa en Puerto Rico”
  7. EMTs for US Heritage: National Heritage Responders
  8. “Orientan sobre cómo preservar colecciones en el RUM”
  9. Deployment of National Park Service curators to assess damages
  10. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”