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

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.

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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. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (East)
3. 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
4. “Bibliotecas de la UPR se capacitan para enfrentar desastres naturales”
6. Intense rains keeps under threat the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus Collections
7. “U of I librarian headed to Puerto Rico to help with disaster relief”
8. “How three librarians began to rebuild in a ‘New Puerto Rico’”
9. “University of Illinois expert helps Puerto Rico libraries”
10. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (Metro)
12. “UI expert helping Puerto Rico libraries assess, repair hurricane damage”
13. “University librarian helps Puerto Rico preserve books”
14. “American Library Association president-elect to tour Puerto Rico libraries”
15. Loida García-Febo and Tess Tobin in Libraries Tour (South)
16. Miriam Centeno performs collections assessment and training for UPR-M’s Library staff
17. Conservación básica y catalogación de material audiovisual
18. Second deployment of the National Heritage Responders (NHR)
19. “Crisis en los museos del ICP”
20. “Hurricane Maria: The Aftermath”
21. Loida García-Febo in Libraries Tour