Announcements

Please join us for our ongoing coffee chat series this fall. 

It's always a treat to see each other at meetings of allied organizations, whether that's AALA, SAH, DLF, ICAM, ARLIS, or CFTA. Which do you find most rewarding in terms of meaningful connection to other professionals? This year the steering committee is assessing whether SAA is the best fit for our professional community, given high membership fees and other administrative challenges. Please join us for open discussion about the future of the Design Records Section and how we might evolve in the coming years and/or fill out THIS SURVEY to share your thoughts. 
 

Digitization Processes and Workflows
Thursday, Nov 5, 2pm EST / 11am PST (zoom link, add to calendar)
Let's get technical! Digitization specialists working with design records will give virtual tours of their digitization set-ups and share tips, tricks, and standards for creating effective digital surrogates of collection materials. 

 
Collecting in the 21st Century

January 2027 (date TBD), 2pm EST / 11am PST
There's no doubt that design practice and production have changed significantly in the past few decades. How are our institutions shifting to reflect that change? Collectively can we revive COPAR for the 21st century? Especially welcome are those who have recently updated their collecting missions or policies.

We hope to see you at one or all of these this fall! 

Morgan & Betsy

DRS Co-chairs