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

Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour

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1. Workshop “Preservación y preparación ante desastres” by Miriam Centeno Sponsored by NEH Chairman’s Emergency Grant, participant institutions where provide with PPE bag (donated by ALA), an Emergency Response Wheel & Gaylords Collection Care Guide (donated by Gaylord). The workshops covered collection care and disaster preparedness. Training took place at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez on January 12; at the University of Puerto Rico, Ponce on the 16 and at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras on the 18. A total of 76 participants benefited from the training.
2. 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
3. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
5. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (East)
6. “University of Illinois expert helps Puerto Rico libraries”
7. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
8. “How three librarians began to rebuild in a ‘New Puerto Rico’”
9. “UI expert helping Puerto Rico libraries assess, repair hurricane damage”
10. “University librarian helps Puerto Rico preserve books”
12. “American Library Association president-elect to tour Puerto Rico libraries”
13. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
14. Miriam Centeno performs collections assessment and training for UPR-M’s Library staff
15. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
16. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
17. “Crisis en los museos del ICP”
18. “Hurricane Maria: The Aftermath”
19. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour
20. “U of I librarian headed to Puerto Rico to help with disaster relief”
21. Intense rains keeps under threat the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus Collections
Contents of this tag:
1. “Why Thousands of People Around the World Are Mapping Puerto Rico's Buildings and Streets”
2. Puerto Rico Mapathon for Hurricane Relief
5. Survey - Mapa de Historia|Map of History
6. Coalición por el Patrimonio de Puerto Rico’s meeting at Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Event - Cultural Institutions representatives gather to built a working group for emergency preparedness. Participants include: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Municipio de Ponce, Municipio de Bayamón, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras - Administración Central y Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Municipio de Caguas, Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín, Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades, National Endowment for the Humanities, Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico - Recinto de Mayagüez, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Museo Casa Roig y el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Jennifer Growan del Heritage Emergency National Task Force, Marta Mabel Pérez, Director MAPR.
8. Biblioteca Pública de Guayanilla asks for help after flooding
9. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
11. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
12. "Colecciones en tiempos de emergencia: ¿Cómo actuar?"
13. Rebuild Puerto Rico
15. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (East)
16. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
17. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
18. Cielo Martín Zayas, volunteer on the road When ArchiRED made a call for volunteers to compile data of damages, Cielo didn’t hesitate. From October 30 to December 5 she was on the road visiting 13 towns on the Northwest of the Island (Arecibo, Barceloneta, Camuy, Dorado, Florida, Hatillo, Lares, Manatí, Quebradilla, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Utuado y Vega Baja) and compiling data for 41 institutions. She also helped follow up with 8 historical archives.
19. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
20. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
21. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
22. “Story Lab holds book drive for libraries impacted by Hurricane Maria”
23. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
24. Introducción a la preservación/ Rescate de colecciones, archivos y bibliotecas ante desastres naturales
26. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
27. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
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.
30. Librarian Sujei Lugo Vázquez receives More books and art supplies for kids in Puerto Rico
31. Survey “Inventario de Necesidades y Daños” by ArchiRED, Reforma, SBPR, and others
32. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
33. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
34. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
36. Gaylord donates 100 Salvage Wheels and Collection Care Guides
37. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
38. 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.
39. American Library Association donates 100 kits of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Due to the high concentration of mold spores in cultural institutions experts advise to proceed the cleaning process only with proper protection. During the months of September to December, these were hard to get locally. Through ALA, Michael Dowling in collaboration with, Miriam Centeno from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, were able to allocate 100 kits which included: nitrile gloves, hair caps, aprons and N95 mask.
41. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
42. Public libraries of Johnson County team up to help Puerto Rico
43. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
44. Conservación del patrimonio
45. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
46. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
47. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
48. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
49. “Iowa libraries take action for Puerto Rico”
50. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour