UCB Tarija, Bolivia participates in the first meeting of the CODICIS project in Mexico to train in preservation of documentary heritage

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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