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Professors M. Térmens and P. Rueda have traveled to the Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara, Mexico) to participate in the activities of the European project CODICIS: Strengthening capacities for the Recovery and Conservation of Documentary and Bibliographic Heritage in Latin America on August 29 to September 1.

During their stay they have participated in the steering committee that is in charge of the design and development of the project and have also participated in a regional meeting. The committee has been key to advancing the management of the Training Course for trainers in management and conservation of archives and heritage libraries coordinated by the University of Barcelona with the University of Catania.

In the regional seminar Conference on documentary and bibliographic heritage: Sources and research techniques, the two professors participated with invited presentations. Professor M. Térmens has dealt with “Digitization of archives and documents” and Professor P. Rueda with “Sources for heritage studies in libraries”.

These seminars are organized in each of the six Latin American headquarters of the participating universities and will take place during the 2022-2023 academic year.

September 9, 2022

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With the purpose of promoting training on recovery, conservation and dissemination of documentary and bibliographic historical heritage in the countries of Mexico, Peru and Bolivia; a team of the Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo” Tarija Headquarters, attended the First Meeting of the CODICIS Project, which took place from August 29 to September 1, 2022 in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico.

The UCB Tarija team was made up of: María Carolina Soto Montenegro, Academic Director of Headquarters; Vilma Choquehuanca Zeballos, Head of the Library; María del Rosario Cavero Rodríguez, Head of Special Projects, and Valeria Arduz Murillo, Specialist in Academic Quality Management.

The members of the CODICIS project received training in documentary and bibliographic heritage, made visits to the different public libraries, heritage museums, ecclesiastical historical archives and the document conservation and restoration laboratories of the city of Guadalajara.

They also participated in the Regional Symposium “Documentary and Bibliographic Heritage: Sources and Research Techniques” on August 31 and September 1, which was organized by the Universidad Panamericana. In it, different topics related to heritage sources in archives and personal sources from bibliographic research were addressed.

“With the objective of capturing and exchanging good practices between the European and Latin American universities that are part of the project, analysis, reflection and evaluation are sought to make the pertinent adjustments according to our reality,” said the Headquarters Academic Director.

Likewise, at the meeting, the members managed to plan all the activities that will be carried out until 2023, when the project ends.

During this visit, a very important connection was achieved; first with the participating members, because from the beginning the project was carried out virtually. “So with this in-person meeting, we have been able to talk and analyze possible situations and future projects that we can undertake,” said Carolina Soto.

The European Commission through the Erasmus+ program through the CODICIS project “Strengthening Capacities for the Recovery and Conservation of the Documentary and Bibliographic Heritage of Latin America”, in collaboration on the one hand with European institutions (EU HEIs) of higher education with experience in managing the training of personnel and on the other, the higher education institutions of Latin America (IES LAM) that can be local managers of training and conditioning of appropriate units for the preservation of local archival and bibliographic cultural heritage. This project is under the General Coordination of Mr. Francisco Rizo Patron of the San Pablo University of Arequipa-Peru.

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With the aim of raising awareness among Tarija society of the need to preserve and recover documents from heritage archives and libraries, the Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo” Tarija Headquarters In coordination with the CODICIS Project, it successfully organized the Symposium-Workshop “Path to the recovery and preservation of the historical documentary heritage of our people.”

The meeting was aimed mainly at teachers, professors, university students, school students, library and archive staff, with participation of approximately 150 people.

The event was held in person and virtually on August 18 and 19, 2022, where practical workshops in conservation, restoration and document digitization were developed; in addition to guided visits to the Ecclesial Center for Franciscan Documentation and the library of the UCB Headquarters Tarija. Local, national and international experts were present as speakers.

The Coordinator of the CODICIS Project, Lic. Valeria Arduz commented that Tarija is a place that has multiple archives and historical documents that are fundamental for Bolivia, so it is important to promote the recovery of these documents and reflect on the importance they have.

“The Symposium was developed successfully, having two days, the first dedicated to libraries with topics related to the Library that preserves and manages cultural memory and the digitization of documentary heritage; on the other hand, regulations and the archive as a protector of documentary memory, with the help of experts,” said the Project Coordinator.

CODICIS is a project to strengthen capacities for the recovery and conservation of the documentary heritage of Latin America financed by ERASMUS + of the European Union, which seeks to design and execute a specialization course in conservation and management of archives and heritage libraries.

The institutions that make up the project are:

• Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo”
• University of Piura
• University panameric
• Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla
• University of San Andres
• Degli Studi University of CATANIA
• University of Barcelona
• INCOMA

August 24, 2022

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In commemoration of International Book Day, the library of the Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo” Tarija Headquarters, donated books that were published by the University. The texts were delivered to the “Tomas O'Connor D'arlach” heritage library and the municipal libraries.

The person in charge of the University Library, Vilma Choquehuanca, reported that a total of 26 books were delivered.

At the same time, the Bolivian Catholic University has been disseminating the CODICIS project, which is financed by ERASMUS of the European Union and aims to train professors from universities in those countries for teaching in recovery, conservation and authorization for research. of important heritage collections.

Among other activities that were carried out for book month, the UCB Headquarters Tarija held a round of training on the application of APA seventh edition standards, a discussion with professors who wrote books, the exhibition of new books and the presentation of the thesis online catalog and online research tools service.

July 22, 2022

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With the aim of instilling the value of archives and heritage libraries in our Tarija society, the library of the Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo” Tarija Headquarters, with financing from the European Union, organizes the Symposium “Path to the recovery and preservation of the historical documentary heritage of our people” to be held on August 18 and 19.

The symposium is aimed at teachers, administrators, archives staff, library staff and final year students of the educational units of the city of Tarija.

The purpose of the meeting is to promote in the participants the management of the documents that narrate the history of Tarija, so that the essence of the historical value of our town is not lost. In addition, the objective is to train those people related to the conservation and management of archives and heritage libraries, through the “Training of trainers” course.

The UCB is part of the CODICIS project for the recovery and conservation of the documentary heritage of Latin America, which is made up of a consortium of 5 universities from Peru and Mexico and two universities from Spain and Italy.

This project is funded by ERASMUS of the European Union and aims to train professors from universities in those countries for teaching in the recovery, conservation and authorization for research of important heritage collections.

June 23, 2022

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