The UDEP participated in the meeting of the steering committee of the Codicis project in Mexico

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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