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

March 2018

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Six months after the impact of Hurricane Maria we are still seeing reports of damages, calls for help, and diverse initiatives to aid public and school libraries. The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in the City of New York University published a comprehensive report of damages, disaster relief, and a new wave of migration to the United States as a consequence of the devastation. With the spirit to continue to “train the trainer” the Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART), offered a one week intensive and practical course of emergency planning and response dedicated to museum personnel at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. This was coordinated by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF) and sponsored by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. The week ended with a special workshop for the general community, artists and collectors.

Librarians were also invited to meet with Libraries Without Borders to develop ideas to create a community center and mobile library to reach those in need. Words about the damages experienced by researchers were shared in the Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2018 by Jaquelina Álvarez and Hilda Teresa Ayala-González, librarians from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. Also, a huge initiative is launched by Hiromi Shiba to aid rescue and preserve the artistic work of José Rosa, after the hurricane destroyed his workshop.

This page has paths:

  1. Timeline Hilda Teresa Ayala-González

Contents of this tag:

  1. Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART)
  2. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
  3. NEH Preservation Assistance Grants
  4. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
  5. “Story Lab holds book drive for libraries impacted by Hurricane Maria”
  6. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
  7. “The road to recovery: Puerto Rican museums regroup after hurricane”
  8. Conservación del patrimonio
  9. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
  10. “Pide ayuda a Japón para rescatar obra de artista puertorriqueño”
  11. “Puerto Rico Post-Maria”
  12. Fondo de apoyo para desastres en el Caribe