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

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.

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2. “University of Illinois librarian to help Puerto Rican libraries with disaster recovery”
3. Survey - Mapa de Historia|Map of History
4. REFORMA National ALA Midwinter 2018 Fundraiser, Denver, CO
5. “El huracán María y las Bibliotecas Académicas en Puerto Rico”
7. “Piden donaciones de libros para Biblioteca Municipal de Guayanilla” published by Voces del Sur
8. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
9. Programa de ayuda tras el paso del Huracán María
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
Contents of this tag:
2. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
3. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
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. ¡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.
12. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
13. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
14. Prevención y rescate de colecciones en tiempos de huracanes
15. 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.
16. Taller básico de conservación de materiales audiovisuales
19. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
21. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
22. US Virgin Island HEART training
23. Data, Displacement, and Disaster Response
24. 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.
25. Manejo de hongos en colecciones culturales
26. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
27. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
28. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
29. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
30. After Hurricane Maria - From Prayer to Resilience
31. Puerto Rico's Libraries, Archives and Museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria
33. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
35. APOYO sends 30 Emergency Response and Salvage Wheels to Puerto Rico
36. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
37. Conservación del patrimonio
38. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
39. La Borinqueña ha escogido a la biblioteca comunitaria del Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo para recibir apoyo
40. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
42. 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.