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UDEP is one of the six Latin American universities that participate in Codicis, a bibliographic project, whose objective is to add to the training of people related to archive management in heritage libraries.

Within the framework of the Codicis project, on October 24, the “Regional Symposium on conservation and management of documentary heritage (archival and bibliographic): good practices and current possibilities” was inaugurated at the UDEP Piura Campus.

At the event, Professor Cristina Vargas Pacheco, director of the International Relations Department of UDEP, explained that Codicis is a bibliographic project carried out by the European Union and that brings together six Latin American universities, including the University of Piura.

He indicated that the role of universities in the project is the transmission of knowledge. Thus, he said, the European institutions will strengthen the conservation and management capacities of archives in heritage libraries of the six Latin American universities which, in turn, must transmit this learning during 2023. “The objective is that different archival and library institutions can learn and continue strengthening its practices in conservation and management of documentary collections,” he explained.

The legacy of amauta Luis E. Valcárcel

In the first presentation of the symposium, Luis Fernando Brugué Valcárcel, director of the Luis E. Valcárcel Center & Archive, gave details about the legacy of the amauta Luis E. Valcárcel, his valuable archive and the cultural center.

He highlighted that Valcárcel was an intellectual who fought to have his own vision of Peruvian history; He promoted archaeological and historical work and introduced a new study technique in Peru: ethnology, today called “Social Anthropology.” Thanks to this, the past would be understood much better and all aspects of the human life of the native peoples could be studied.
Thanks to the diversity of positions that Valcárcel held in different institutions and his intellectual contacts, he was able to put together a very complete and varied photographic collection, which allowed him to provide material for the institutions he directed, and, at the same time, provide historians, archaeologists and scholars, a precious visual material for their publications, noted the speaker.

October 24, 2022

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Pablo Cruz Quintanilla, manager of Ande. Arte y Ediciones EIRL maintains that the organizations that maintain their documentary repositories and allow the user to access them receive decisive attention from the community.

Pablo Cruz Quintanilla is one of the exhibitors who will participate in the regional symposium “Conservation and Management of Documentary Heritage. Good practices and current possibilities”, which will take place on October 24 and 25 at UDEP's Piura Campus. The event will bring together national and international professionals.

The art historian, with extensive experience in projects associated with Peruvian history and art, highlights the importance of actions aimed at recovering, protecting and disseminating documentary heritage for the preservation of information which strengthens collective memory and indicates the origin of a region or the cultural history of the country.

“The importance of the work of safeguarding the documentary legacy lies in the very fact of safeguarding those written or visual works that consolidate the identity of a society. For this reason, entities such as archives, universities and museums, linked to the production of historical, cultural, artistic and scientific knowledge, have the capacity to generate documentary recovery projects,” notes Cruz Quintanilla.

It also indicates that allocating resources for documentary preservation provides greater visibility for an institution, including universities. “Currently, with new technological and dissemination means, the organizations that maintain their documentary repositories and, even more, allow their availability to the user, receive decisive attention from the community,” he says.

Conservation in Peru

Cruz Quintanilla points out that, although there have been successive projects for the recovery and conservation of documentary heritage in Peru, “digital reprography (reproduction) initiatives are just beginning to gain strength. Furthermore, due to the limited technological means available, the digitization of written and visual documents is still new for the country.”
It also recommends that to adequately disseminate the documentary heritage, the first thing to do is to make it available to the community. “The most effective way is by making it visible through traditional media, publications or in-person exhibitions, and through virtuality, generating digital catalogs and promoting said materials through social networks,” he notes.

He explains that people in general, researchers, intellectuals and scientists are in constant search for knowledge about different historical topics. “Hence his recurring interest in knowing written or visual sources protected by public or private institutions. The efforts of entities to make this knowledge accessible can be achieved through their management capacity and the undertaking of potential projects. Even with scarce resources, the search for financing or self-sustainability constitutes economic tools to undertake documentary preservation plans,” he notes.

About the symposium

The objective of the academic meeting “Conservation and Management of Documentary Heritage. Good practices and current possibilities” is to highlight the importance of the conservation, management and dissemination of documentary heritage (archival and bibliographic), through the presentation of experiences carried out in archives and libraries in Peru and the world.

The event is organized by the Central Library, the Faculty of Humanities and the International Relations Department of the University of Piura, within the framework of the Erasmus + Project, Codicis (financed by the European Commission), and will be held in hybrid mode.

To participate in virtual format, you can register here; To attend the in-person format, register by email ximena.mendoza.o@udep.edu.pe.

October 21, 2022

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The Erasmus+ CODICIS project, in which FIMA participates, has started the distance training of the trainer training course in management and conservation of archives and heritage libraries, with more than fifty students from three countries (Mexic, Peru and Bolivia) coming from its university centres.

In this training in bibliographic and documentary heritage, professors Amadeu Pons (Introduction to documentation) and Jesús Gascón (Introduction to cataloguing) participate, along with Concepción Rodríguez, Carina Rey and Lluís Agustí, who are in charge of the first module that is It is impartint in these moments. The training will continue online until the end of each day.

Furthermore, teams of professors from our Faculty of Catània (Sicília) will be sent to visit the Latin American partners and complete the training with face-to-face sessions in the three countries. In this phase we will be in charge of training the trainers who will then be in charge of training the librarians and archives in each of the six participating Latin American university centers, in a cascade training that is a key element of the sustainability of the project.

October 8, 2022

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Within the framework of the activities of the Codicis project, staff from the Library, UDEP International and the Faculty of Humanities had a working meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico.

This first meeting of the coordinating team of the Codicis project was held at the facilities of the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico. The coordinators of the consortium from Bolivia, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Peru participated, who shared the progress of the work packages for the coming months.

Cristina Vargas, director of International Relations at the University of Piura and professor at the Faculty of Humanities, shared details about the reformulation and local adaptation of the specialization course as a replica of the training course for trainers in management and conservation of archives and heritage libraries. This specialization will be aimed at members of six Latin American universities: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Universidad Católica San Pablo, University of Piura, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Universidad Panamericana.

For their part, members of the UDEP Library visited archives and libraries in Guadalajara, in order to learn about the reality and treatment of collections, especially their historical and ancient collections. They highlighted the visit to the Juan José Arreola Public Library, since its conservation and restoration area has a model laboratory.

In addition, they participated in the regional symposium “Documentary and bibliographic heritage: sources and research techniques”, organized by the Universidad Panamericana. This covered topics related to heritage studies in libraries and archives, digitization of files and documents, and conservation of historical archives.

María José Andrade, director of the UDEP Library System, highlighted the importance of the next stage of the project – the training of future trainers – in the specialization course that will be led by the University of Barcelona (Spain) and the Universidà degli Studi di Catania (Italy). Likewise, he commented that fundamental aspects were reviewed to ensure the sustainability of the project and the development of proposals that involve the assessment of documentary heritage.

About the project and upcoming activities

The Codicis project for “Strengthening capacities for the Recovery and Conservation of Documentary and Bibliographic Heritage in Latin America” began in 2021. In October of that year, the European good practices conference on bibliographic and documentary heritage was held.

On October 24 and 25, 2022, the Regional Symposium on Conservation and Management of Documentary Heritage will be held at Campus Piura. The event will be free and details about it will be disseminated on the social networks of UDEP and UDEP International.

September 23, 2022

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The symposium “Conservation and Management of Documentary Heritage” will take place at Campus Piura on October 24 and 25. It will bring together national and international professionals, with experience in the topics addressed.

The Central Library, the Faculty of Humanities and the Directorate of International Relations of the University of Piura, within the framework of the Erasmus + Project, Codicis (financed by the European Commission), organize the “Regional Symposium on Conservation and Management of Documentary Heritage, Good Practices and Current Possibilities”, which will take place in October, at Campus Piura, in hybrid mode.

The objective of the event is to highlight the importance of the conservation, management and dissemination of documentary heritage (archival and bibliographic), through the presentation of experiences carried out in archives and libraries in Peru and the world.

To do this, there will be the participation of specialist professionals from the Luis E. Valcárcel Center & Archive, of the Autonomous University of Mexico, the LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections of the University of Austin-Texas, and the House of Peruvian Literature. , from the Piura Regional Archive, from the National Library of Peru, from the General Archive of the Nation, from the Ande Portal. Sources for the cultural history of Peru and the National Museum of Peruvian Culture.

The symposium will include the inauguration of the exhibition “Documentary Legacy at UDEP”, by the Library of the University of Piura.

Thematic tables

This activity will be carried out around four thematic tables: Good archival management practices, Conservation experiences of documentary heritage, Digitization experiences and Conservation and management experiences of documentary heritage in museums and universities.

The interested public can register to participate in person or virtually and for free, here. The in-person event will be at the UDEP Piura Campus.
Those attending the sessions on October 24 and 25 will obtain a certificate awarded by the Codicis project and the University of Piura, for their participation.

September 21, 2022

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