Architectural Records: Managing Design and Construction Records #1609

Architectural design and construction records are valuable sources for understanding and preserving the built and designed environment. Because they document a complicated work process that includes numerous creators and results in voluminous mixed, oversized, often fragile materials and fugitive media, implementing the basic archival functions of appraisal, arrangement, description, preservation, and reference can present a formidable task.

In this two-day workshop, you'll learn how to appraise, preserve, and provide access to design and construction records. On the first day we'll cover the process of design, legal issues, appraisal, types of records, arrangement, and description, including MPLP approaches; on the second day we'll focus on media and support identification, preservation, reformatting, electronic records, reference, and patron use. Taking into consideration the diverse requirements of different types of repositories, as well as the reality of limited space and budgets, this workshop will present best practices as well as practical solutions.