At the end of May 2024, the WideTEK® 36ART from Image Access was installed at the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico. With the help of our distributor in Puerto Rico, Wide Distributors, and the assistance of our specialist engineer Octavio Navarro, Service and Technical Support Manager for the region, the WideTEK 36ART was introduced as a solution for the university’s preservation project.
According to Rector Dr. Angélica Varela Llavona, “It is the first equipment of its kind to be installed in Puerto Rico, which will allow us to digitize plans from the Architecture and Construction Archive, preserve historical documents, works of art and plans that the archive houses and facilitate access to them. Additionally, it will be a valuable learning tool for our students.”
The Coordinator of Academic Computing, Instructional Technology and Distance Education, Luis Raúl Rodriguez-Matos commented “We appreciate all the support you have given us regarding the installation and start-up of the equipment, it has exceeded our expectations and has allowed us to begin with the right foot the Digital Preservation Project of the Architecture and Construction Archive (AACUPR).”
Some of the University and Government authorities who accompanied us at the event included:
1. César A. Hernández Alfonzo – Superintendent of the Capitoline District of Puerto Rico
2. Dr. Angélica Varela Llavona – Rector of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
3. Dr. Mayra Jiménez Montano – former Dean of the School of Architecture of the UPR and now Special Assistant in Infrastructure of the Río Piedras Campus of the UPR
4. Dr. Ana Georas Santos – Dean of the School of Architecture of the UPR
5. Dr. Jorge Lizardi Pollock – Research Director of the Architecture and Construction Archive
Many thanks to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) for their interest in Image Access scanners and implementing them as solutions for their interesting preservation project.