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

Librarian Sujei Lugo Vázquez receives More books and art supplies for kids in Puerto Rico

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1. “Why Thousands of People Around the World Are Mapping Puerto Rico's Buildings and Streets”
2. Puerto Rico Mapathon for Hurricane Relief
3. 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.
7. Survey - Mapa de Historia|Map of History
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. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
16. “Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane”
17. 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.
18. Visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao Library
19. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (East)
20. #HurricaneMaria = devastation = need to do act
21. Mission possible: Emergency response for cultural heritage institutions in Puerto Rico
23. Gaylord donates 100 Salvage Wheels and Collection Care Guides
25. Beyond the box: Design thinking to rebuild Puerto Rico
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. “Redacción de propuestas competitivas”
29. When the unthinkable happens: Reconsidering access and preservation after a catastrophic event
30. Public libraries of Johnson County team up to help Puerto Rico
31. "Every drop counts: The recovery of libraries and archives in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria"
32. Conservación del patrimonio
33. Bibliotecas, archivos y museos en Puerto Rico luego del embate del Huracán María
34. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
35. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour
36. Experiencias de adaptación y respuesta: Situaciones de emergencia en centros de información y documentación
37. “Iowa libraries take action for Puerto Rico”
38. “Story Lab holds book drive for libraries impacted by Hurricane Maria”
39. Asamblea Museos de Puerto Rico
40. Hurricane impacts on Caribbean educational and heritage sites: Urgent needs and long term challenges
41. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
42. Daños a biblioteca pública de Arecibo, Nicolás Nabal Barreto
43. Picking up the pieces: Helping Puerto Rican cultural heritage organizations after hurricanes Irma and Maria
44. Introducción a la preservación/ Rescate de colecciones, archivos y bibliotecas ante desastres naturales
46. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
47. 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.
49. Librarian Sujei Lugo Vázquez receives More books and art supplies for kids in Puerto Rico
50. Survey “Inventario de Necesidades y Daños” by ArchiRED, Reforma, SBPR, and others
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