9th International Colloquium on the Dissemination & Preservation of Historical Collections: “Disaster-Affected Documentary Heritage”

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ABOUT THE COLLOQUIUM This four-day international colloquium brings together researchers and preservation specialists for workshops, talks, a keynote, round tables and discussion on safeguarding documentary heritage and responding to disasters. VENUES CIMSUR-UNAM — Calle María Adelina Flores 34-A, Barrio de Guadalupe, C.P. 29230. Archivo Histórico Municipal de San Cristóbal de Las Casas — Calle Diego de Mazariegos 19, Barrio de la Merced, C.P. 29200. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UNACH — Calle Presidente Obregón S/N, Colonia Revolución Mexicana, C.P. 29220. Facultad de Derecho, UNACH — Av. Miguel Hidalgo No. 8, Centro Histórico, C.P. 29200. Museo Na Bolom — Av. Vicente Guerrero 33, Barrio del Cerrillo, C.P. 29220. All venues are in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. PROGRAMME Monday 19 October CIMSUR-UNAM 10:00–14:00 — Workshop “Del siniestro al estante: rescate de patrimonio documental mojado” (“From Disaster to the Shelf: Salvaging Water-Damaged Documentary Heritage”). Instructors: Gemma María Contreras Zamorano (Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigació), Ricardo Paquini Vega (Juan and Emilia Almela Restoration Laboratory, UNAM Central Library), and Juan Pedro Hernández Cebreros (Conservation and Restoration Coordinator, Jalisco State Public Library “Juan José Arreola,” UdG). Assistant instructors: Salma Yerenas Loza and Samuel Leyva Navarro. Archivo Histórico Municipal 15:00–16:00 — Opening of the workshops. 16:00–20:00 — Workshops: • Course-workshop “Lineamientos para la preservación de acervos documentales COTENNDOC. Siniestros” (Guidelines for Preserving Documentary Collections after Disasters). Instructors: Ricardo Paquini Vega, Juan Pedro Hernández Cebreros, and Lucrecia Vélez Kaiser (Escuela de Conservación y Restauración de Occidente). • Cartography. Instructors: Javier Cicerón Galindo (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, BUNACH) and José Manuel Figueroa (Instituto de Geografía, UNAM). Tuesday 20 October CIMSUR-UNAM 10:00–14:00 — Continuation of “Del siniestro al estante: rescate de patrimonio documental mojado” with Monday’s instructors and assistant instructors. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UNACH 16:00–17:00 — Talk “Preventive Conservation of Documentary Heritage in Extreme Climates.” Speaker: Ricardo Paquini Vega. Moderator: José Luis González Alcázar (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, BUNACH). Facultad de Derecho, UNACH 18:00–18:30 — Film discussion and screening of the short film “Tardes de restauración” (“Afternoons of Restoration”), with a virtual conversation with the visual anthropology team at Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Moderator: Carolina Zoppi (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, CONICET). Wednesday 21 October CIMSUR-UNAM 09:30–10:00 — Registration. 10:00–10:30 — Opening address by Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva, Director General of Libraries and Digital Information Services, UNAM. 10:30–11:00 — Inauguration. Presidium: Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva; Brenda Escobar Cabrera, Director of Library Development, BUNACH; Justus Friedrich Martin Fenner, Director of CIMSUR, UNAM; and Ballardo Eduardo Molina Hernández, head of the Faculty of Law, BUNACH. 11:00–12:00 — Keynote “El rescate de bienes culturales: la salvaguarda frente a desastres. El ejemplo de Valencia tras la DANA de 2024” (“Rescuing Cultural Heritage: Safeguarding It from Disasters. The Example of Valencia after the 2024 DANA”), by Gemma María Contreras Zamorano. Moderator: Ricardo Paquini Vega. 12:00–12:15 — Break. 12:15–13:15 — Round table 1, “Risk Assessment and Management in Historical Archives and Libraries.” Presentations: “Safeguarding University Documentary Heritage: Reflections on Disaster and Risk Prevention,” Delmi Marcela Pinto López and Alejandra Rodríguez Torres (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas); “Beyond Conservation and Risk Management at the Lic. Flavio A. Paniagua Historical Archive,” Víctor Manuel Martínez Sumuano (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas); “The Historical Archive of Tapachula,” José Manuel Díaz Umaña (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Tapachula); and “Learning from Catastrophe: Global Cases of Emergencies in Libraries,” Rosamaría Villarelo (DGBSDI, UNAM). Moderator: Justus Friedrich Martin Fenner. 13:15–15:00 — Lunch. 15:00–16:00 — Round table 2, “The Impact of Disasters on Documentary and Cultural Heritage.” Presentations: “Panoramic Photography for Identifying Deterioration in Large-Format Paintings,” Jairo Guadamuz Villalobos (Universidad de Costa Rica); “Libraries and the Great Flood of 1629,” Samuel Leyva Navarro (Colegio de Historia, FFyL, UNAM); “Library of the Institute of Geography,” Luis Iturbe Fuentes (Instituto de Geografía, UNAM); “CEPE, UNAM Library,” Marco Antonio González Ramos; and “Books Forbidden No More: Disaster-Affected Documentary Heritage in Argentina’s Recent History,” Carolina Zoppi. Moderator: Lucrecia Vélez Kaiser. Thursday 22 October Facultad de Derecho, UNACH 09:30–10:00 — Registration. 10:00–11:00 — Round table 3, “Technological Innovation in Post-Disaster Recovery and Preservation.” Presentations: “Using AI to Recover, Preserve and Manage Historical Archives: The Telegram Collection of the National Seismological Service,” Minerva Castro Escamilla, Benjamín Pérez Juárez, and Saúl Armendáriz Sánchez (Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra, UNAM); “Preservation, History and Design: The Graphic Dossier as the Closing Stage of a Heritage Restoration Project,” Luis Angel Francisco González (Facultad de Arquitectura, UNAM) and Samuel Leyva Navarro; and “Risk-Management Actions Implemented at the Oswaldo Cruz House Archive to Preserve Brazilian Scientific and Cultural Heritage in Health,” Thayane Vicente Vam de Berg (Casa de Oswaldo Cruz / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, COC/Fiocruz). Moderator: Beatriz Zamora Ruiz. 11:00–11:15 — Break. 11:15–12:00 — Round table 4, “Preserve to Read, Digitize to Preserve.” Presentations: “DGBSDI, UNAM Digitization,” Beatriz Zamora Ruiz and Ricardo Justino Saavedra (UNAM Central Library); “Stories in Times of Cholera: Prevention through the Spoken Word,” Casandra Fabiola Vargas Flores; “Conservation and Literacy: The Unfinished Work of Forming Readers and Writers,” Brenda Mabel de León Ordaz; and “Information Literacy and Emerging Technologies for Post-Disaster Documentary Heritage Preservation,” Alexa Vianey Sánchez Cruz. Moderator: Verónica Soria Ramírez. 12:00–12:10 — Recess. 12:10–13:20 — Conversation “BUNACH Coordinators and Restorers.” Moderator: María Marlene Maldonado. 13:30–15:00 — Formal closing. Presidium: Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva, Brenda Escobar Cabrera, Justus Friedrich Martin Fenner, and Ballardo Eduardo Molina Hernández. Museo Na Bolom 15:00–16:00 — Guided visit to Museo Na Bolom. 16:00–17:00 — Raffle for a restoration-tools kit. 17:00–18:00 — Gathering for colloquium attendees and participants. The official event information and programme were provided directly by María Elena Medina Ortega, Academic Outreach and Exchange, CIMSUR-UNAM. Official image: CIMSUR-UNAM.