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Current issues/projects

This page is designed to document current issues and projects that ARR members are working on. To submit a topic or helpful reference work, contact your ARR co-chair.

We encourage submissions to this page, including questions and answers related to the following topics. Some questions and articles are presented here to open up a dialogue between members. Post responses to the ARR listserv and or send submissions to your ARR co-chair.   

• Digitally born records -
  • Art Institute of Chicago: Collecting Digital Data
  • SAA Born Digital Design Documentation Session, Chicago 2007
    • Phillip G. Bernstein - The Evolution of Design Information-pdf
    • Carissa Kowalsky Dougherty - Constructing Sustainability-pdf
    • American Institute of Architects Technology in Practice eNewsletter
    • MIT's FACADE - Future-proofing Architectural Computer-Aided DEsign
• Analog to digital scanning
  • What is preferred file format?
•   Preservation of digital formats
  • Are there standards for architectural records?
•   Managing digital record
  • Have best practices been developed?
•   Appraisal of modern records - Waverly's paper
•   Processing modern records
  • What is the acceptable minimum level of processing?
•   AIA's American Architects Authority Database Project