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

¡Alerta en nuestras bibliotecas: Preparándonos para afrontar el antes y el después de un desastre provocado por la naturaleza!

The Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico (ABESPRI) offered two workshops for school librarians “Identificación de riesgo en material de archivo antes de una emergencia: Micro y macro perspectivas para su conservación” by Dr. Johnny Lugo Vega and “Después del desastre: Respuesta y rescate de recursos de información” by Hilda Teresa Ayala González. Brinnen Carter from FEMA and Lori Foley from HENTF also provided orientation. The activity was held at the Universidad del Turabo in Caguas.

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Contents of this tag:
1. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
2. “Rebuilding Puerto Rican Libraries” and “Preservation Challenges in Puerto Rico”
3. “Local educators lead relief efforts in Puerto Rico”
4. “El impacto de María en la comunidad creativa en Puerto Rico”
5. EMTs for US Heritage: National Heritage Responders
6. “Orientan sobre cómo preservar colecciones en el RUM”
7. Deployment of National Park Service curators to assess damages
8. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
9. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
10. ¡Alerta en nuestras bibliotecas: Preparándonos para afrontar el antes y el después de un desastre provocado por la naturaleza! The Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico (ABESPRI) offered two workshops for school librarians “Identificación de riesgo en material de archivo antes de una emergencia: Micro y macro perspectivas para su conservación” by Dr. Johnny Lugo Vega and “Después del desastre: Respuesta y rescate de recursos de información” by Hilda Teresa Ayala González. Brinnen Carter from FEMA and Lori Foley from HENTF also provided orientation. The activity was held at the Universidad del Turabo in Caguas.
Contents of this tag:
2. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
3. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
4. FEMA orientation by Jennifer Growan for Archives and Libraries at Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
5. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
6. Miriam Centeno performs collections assessment and training for the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico Library staff The NEH Chairman’s Emergency Grant won by the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, allowed Centeno to also provide specialized training for the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. They also received a donation of preservation tools from the Illinois University Library Friends. In the photo, from left to right: Sigfredo López, Miriam Centeno, Natalia Hernández, Zayra Maldonado, Francheska Ortiz and Natalia Rivera
7. Managing moisture in non-mechanized environments and disaster situations
8. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
9. Caribbean Heritage Emergency Network (CHEN)
10. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
11. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
13. 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.
15. ¡Alerta en nuestras bibliotecas: Preparándonos para afrontar el antes y el después de un desastre provocado por la naturaleza! The Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico (ABESPRI) offered two workshops for school librarians “Identificación de riesgo en material de archivo antes de una emergencia: Micro y macro perspectivas para su conservación” by Dr. Johnny Lugo Vega and “Después del desastre: Respuesta y rescate de recursos de información” by Hilda Teresa Ayala González. Brinnen Carter from FEMA and Lori Foley from HENTF also provided orientation. The activity was held at the Universidad del Turabo in Caguas.
16. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
17. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
18. Prevención y rescate de colecciones en tiempos de huracanes
19. Adiestramiento en manejo de colecciones culturales durante emergencias by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force A team sponsored by FEMA and Smithsonian Institution which included Beatriz Centeno, Vicki Lee & Abigail Aldrich from National Archives and Record Administration (NARA); Nora Lockshin from Smithsonian Institution Archives for Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; and Elizabeth Milnarik from National Park Service offered a whole day seminar on General assessment of building and collections/holdings with an architect; General maintenance and passive environments in institutions; Lecture on personal protection equipment (PPE), possibly respirator fit testing; Hands-on demonstration and training on cleaning of storage and display furniture, paper, books, objects, paintings, and furniture. Training took place at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez on December 12; at the Museo de Arte de Ponce on the 13 and at Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico on December 14. A total of 87 participants benefited from the training.
20. Taller básico de conservación de materiales audiovisuales
23. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
25. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
26. US Virgin Island HEART training
27. Data, Displacement, and Disaster Response
28. Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART) Event - The Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF) and the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, in collaboration with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided the Heritage Emergency and Response Training to museum professionals in the Island. The training took place at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and topics ranged from collection salvage techniques, evacuation and long term planning for emergency management in a weeklong intensive course.
29. Manejo de hongos en colecciones culturales
30. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
31. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
32. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
33. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
34. After Hurricane Maria - From Prayer to Resilience
35. Puerto Rico's Libraries, Archives and Museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria
37. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
39. APOYO sends 30 Emergency Response and Salvage Wheels to Puerto Rico
40. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
41. Conservación del patrimonio
42. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
43. La Borinqueña ha escogido a la biblioteca comunitaria del Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo para recibir apoyo