Preserving the Amazon: A Digital Lifeline for the Biblioteca Amazónica

Preserving the Amazon: A digital lifeline for the Biblioteca Amazónica

Three years ago, a fire broke out at the Biblioteca Amazónica in Iquitos, Peru, imperiling one of the world's most important collections of primary sources on Amazonian history, culture, and politics.

Preserving the Amazon: A digital lifeline for the Biblioteca Amazónica (UC Santa Cruz)

UC Santa Cruz: Preserving the Amazon: A digital lifeline for the Biblioteca Amazónica. “Working with her co-principal investigator, anthropologist Sydney Silverstein of Wright State University, Smith set out to digitize the archives, collaborating closely with a local team of recent graduates and current students as well as library specialists in Iquitos. … The result of all this hard work is the first open-access archives at the Biblioteca Amaz…