Status Report: Massachusetts DCR Plans

Status Report: Massachusetts DCR Plans

Wednesday, December 4, 2024
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This Zoom Video Webinar will be recorded

A few years ago, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) engaged in a project to scan their entire Boston headquarters’ plans collection. The whole process resulted in 101,617 scans of architecture, engineering, forestry management, and land plans! Now that all of the plans are scanned, DCR is in the process of building a custom database that is expected to be up and running by the end of 2025.  Sam Sharp, plans archivist for the Office of Cultural Resources at DCR will give a 15-20 minute talk (followed by a 5-10 minute Q&A) about what is available and how to get plans now and in the future. She will also show samples of some interesting plans in their collection.

Speaker
Sam Sharp, Plans Archivist, Office of Cultural Resources, Department of Conservation & Recreation
Sam Sharp, the Plans Archivist for Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation based in their Boston office. She graduated from Simmons University with a Master’s in Library and Information Science - Archives Management concentration. Before taking on the Plans Archivist role in January 2024 she was the Assistant Plans Archivist for 2 years and have worked in several other cultural heritage institutions and archives. Since working at DCR, Sam has been responsible for the digitization of the entire Boston HQ plans collection from processing the physical documents to now processing the digital images.

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