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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

Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)

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January 2018 Hilda Teresa Ayala-González
Contents of this tag:
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”
4. Inventario de equipos y suministros de difícil adquisición
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”
11. HENTF Helps Protect Puerto Rico's Heritage
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
Support Hilda Teresa Ayala-González
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
3. Tweet by Coral Negrón about Guayanilla Public Library
4. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
5. Leader of Taino Activity Center
6. Survey - Mapa de Historia|Map of History
7. 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. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
9. "Colecciones en tiempos de emergencia: ¿Cómo actuar?"
10. Rebuild Puerto Rico
11. Tweet by Sonia Vázquez
12. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
13. Biblioteca Pública de Guayanilla asks for help after flooding
14. Conservators meeting
15. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
16. 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.
17. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
18. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (East)
19. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
20. 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.
21. HENTF Helps Protect Puerto Rico's Heritage
22. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
23. 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.
24. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
25. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
26. Public libraries of Johnson County team up to help Puerto Rico
27. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
28. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
29. Conservación del patrimonio
30. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
31. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour
32. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
33. “Iowa libraries take action for Puerto Rico”
34. “Story Lab holds book drive for libraries impacted by Hurricane Maria”
35. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
36. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
37. Survey “Inventario de necesidades y daños” by ArchiRED”
38. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
39. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
40. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
41. Introducción a la preservación/ Rescate de colecciones, archivos y bibliotecas ante desastres naturales
42. Survey “Inventario de Necesidades y Daños” by ArchiRED, Reforma, SBPR, and others
43. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
44. 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.
45. Memoria y humedad
46. Librarian Sujei Lugo Vázquez receives More books and art supplies for kids in Puerto Rico
47. Gaylord donates 100 Salvage Wheels and Collection Care Guides
48. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
49. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
50. Solicitan donaciones para la Biblioteca de Yabucoa
Activities Hilda Teresa Ayala-González
Contents of this tag:
1. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
2. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
3. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
4. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
5. FEMA orientation by Jennifer Growan for Archives and Libraries at Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
8. Managing moisture in non-mechanized environments and disaster situations
9. Caribbean Heritage Emergency Network (CHEN)
10. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
11. After Hurricane Maria - From Prayer to Resilience
12. Puerto Rico's Libraries, Archives and Museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria
13. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
14. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
15. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
16. APOYO sends 30 Emergency Response and Salvage Wheels to Puerto Rico
17. HENTF Helps Protect Puerto Rico's Heritage
18. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
19. Memoria y humedad
20. La Borinqueña ha escogido a la biblioteca comunitaria del Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo para recibir apoyo
21. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
22. Conservación del patrimonio
23. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
24. Y no había luz takes its art to those that needs it
25. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
26. 1era Sesión informativa: El Serrucho – Beta-Local
27. 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.
28. Prevención y rescate de colecciones en tiempos de huracanes
29. ¡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.
30. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
31. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
32. #Ricanstruction
33. 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.
34. Taller básico de conservación de materiales audiovisuales
35. Orientación de FEMA para artistas
36. US Virgin Island HEART training
37. Data, Displacement, and Disaster Response
38. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
39. NEH Preservation Assistance Grants
40. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
41. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
42. 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.
43. Manejo de hongos en colecciones culturales