With the support of the SDAIA the History Center in Balboa Park has launched a program to digitize the drawings, documents, sketches and photos of San Diego Architects and Engineers. Several years in the making, Robert Mosher FAIA, Jack Carpenter FAIA and Jack Stevenson AIA have been working with History Center Archivist, Jane Kenealy to set up a permanent digital archive of San Diego architects’ work. You need to be included.
Two large hard drives will be used at the Center to insure duplicity and security. Two additional large hard drives will capture the same information at the San Diego AIA Chapter office. So your work will be saved at both the History Center and the SDAIA.
No you don’t have to be an award winning architect to participate. This is the record for researchers, future generations and yourselves to save your work for the future. The structure of the program greatly minimizes any liability concerns.
Drawings will be picked up, scanned and returned to you by the scanning service for a minimum charge. You will receive a thumb drive containing a copy of the donated work, if you want it in that form. Scanning will be done at a charge of approximately 50 cents per standard drawing sheet or half the standard charge. If you have Autocad or other digital drawings, documents or photos, you may convert them yourself (please contact Jack Stevenson for submission requirements)
The scanning services are:
AE Scantech: Kevin Gennerman keving@aescantech.com
Mayer Blueprint: Henry Mayer hmayer@mayer.com
Mesa Reprographincs: Jim mesareprographics.com
El Cajon Blueprint: David elcajonblueprint@sbcglobel.net
For more details contact program Chair Jack Stevenson at ds402@san.rr.com, 619-991-9953.
