Abstract
The article examines the technological changeover from analog to born digital design records in the mid-1990s, and is a case study in how one San Francisco Bay Area landscape architecture firm navigated the paradigm shift. The firm retained extensive documentation of the project management/construction administration for large scale projects, and this case study shows how archivists can utilize the analog documentation (like faxes and printed emails) to gain a greater understanding of how design firms began using Computer Aided Drafting and how CAD changed design and the process of archiving.
Author Biography
Julia D. Larson is the Collections and Digital Archivist at the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley. She accessions, processes, and makes accessible physical and born digital design records. She holds a MLIS from San Jose State University, with concentrations in Archives Management and Data Curation.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Larson, Julia D.
(2025)
"Faxes, Emails, and CAD: A Case Study of the Changing Landscape in Born-digital Design Records, 1994-2006,"
Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 16:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.59620/2154-7149.1195
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol16/iss1/6
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