Workshop on architectural records

Management and Preservation of Architectural Records
Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Jan. 13, 2005 (9am-5pm) and Jan. 14, 2005 (9am-1pm)

Taught by Waverly Lowell
Curator, Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley

Registration is limited to 25 people. Cost $25

Records of the built environment, architectural, landscape,
engineering, cartographic, and interior design, are essential for
understanding, using, and preserving the physical world.  These
documents, photographs, and drawings are often unique, complex,
technical, beautiful, unwieldy, and frequently at risk.  Archivists,
librarians, office administrators, records managers, and museum
curators have wrestled with the issues of what to collect or retain,
how to appraise, arrange, describe, and preserve these diverse
materials.

In addition to the subjects listed above, this workshop will also
provide a context for under-standing the historical development and
creation of architectural records, a framework for addressing their
management and use; a discussion of the role of electronic media in
the design and construction process and how it affects records
professionals; and the importance of an active relationship between
creators, keepers, and users of these records. The workshop will
present an overview of the different types of records and how to
identify them, and address aspects of their archival administration
including reformatting, legal and access issues, reference
practices, and exhibition.

Rooms are available at Plaza Inn (1-800-237-1307) for $55/night plus
tax if you say you're with New Mexico Preservation Alliance. All
meals on your own. For information and to reserve your spot Contact
Beth Silbergleit <bsil [at] unm__edu>505-277-0060.

Send your registration and check, made payable to NMLA, to

    Beth Silbergleit
    Center for Southwest Research
    MSC 05-3020
    1 University of New Mexico
    Albuquerque NM 87131

For a refund cancellation must be made by Jan. 5, 2005. In your
registration make sure you include your:  Name,  Address, State,
ZIP, Institutional Affiliation, Phone number, and your E-Mail
address

Sponsored by New Mexico Preservation Alliance, Society of Southwest
Archivists, and the UNM Center for Southwest Research.  Funded by
New Mexico Historical Records Advisory Board.


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