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

When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event

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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
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
12. Biblioteca Pública de Guayanilla asks for help after flooding
13. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
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”
21. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
22. 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.
23. 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.
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. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
28. Conservación del patrimonio
29. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
30. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
31. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
32. “Iowa libraries take action for Puerto Rico”
33. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour
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. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
38. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
39. Introducción a la preservación/ Rescate de colecciones, archivos y bibliotecas ante desastres naturales
41. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
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.
44. Librarian Sujei Lugo Vázquez receives More books and art supplies for kids in Puerto Rico
45. Survey “Inventario de Necesidades y Daños” by ArchiRED, Reforma, SBPR, and others
46. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
47. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
48. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
50. Gaylord donates 100 Salvage Wheels and Collection Care Guides
Contents of this tag:
1. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
2. “Pide ayuda a Japón para rescatar obra de artista puertorriqueño”
3. “Puerto Rico Post-Maria”
5. 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.
6. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
8. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
9. “Story Lab holds book drive for libraries impacted by Hurricane Maria”
10. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
11. “The road to recovery: Puerto Rican museums regroup after hurricane”
12. Conservación del patrimonio
Contents of this tag:
2. HENTF Assists Archivists In Puerto Rico
3. Puerto Rico deployment of National Heritage Responders (NHR)
4. Caribbean Heritage Emergency Network (CHEN)
5. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
6. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
7. FEMA orientation by Jennifer Growan for Archives and Libraries at Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
8. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
9. 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
10. Managing moisture in non-mechanized environments and disaster situations
13. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
14. Puerto Rico's Libraries, Archives and Museums road to recovery: A timeline of events after Hurricane Maria
15. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
16. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
17. After Hurricane Maria - From Prayer to Resilience
18. APOYO sends 30 Emergency Response and Salvage Wheels to Puerto Rico
19. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
20. Manejo de hongos en colecciones culturales
21. La Borinqueña ha escogido a la biblioteca comunitaria del Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo para recibir apoyo
22. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
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.
26. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
27. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
28. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
29. 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.
30. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
31. Conservación del patrimonio
32. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María