Vol. 5, no. 10

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative – Glossary of Disposal Triggers (Exposure Draft)

De la communauté / From the community

Association for Recorded Sound Collections – A Study of Embedded Metadata Support in Audio Recording Software: Summary of Findings and Conclusions
Thesis – Metaphors and Norms: Understanding copyright law in a digital society
Conference paper – Evolving Domains, Problems and Solutions for Long Term Digital Preservation 
Publications
Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, vol. 35, no. 4 (December 2011)
RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, vol. 12, no. 2 (Fall 2011)
Archives and Records Association Ireland Newsletter (Autumn-Winter 2011)
 
Library of Congress – Digital Preservation Newsletter (November 2011)
Book – Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives
Book – Becoming Worthy Ancestors: Archive, Public Deliberation and Identity in South Africa
Book – Electronics Resources Management in the Academic Library: A Professional Guide
Book – The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources since 1945
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

38th Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property conference
22 to 26 May 2012, Peterborough, Ontario
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives – Archives and Science: Connections
November 18, 2011, St. Johns
Webinar – WAS Under the Hood: How Web Archives Work 
November 16, 2011
 
OCLC Research – Scan and Deliver Webinar Recording Now Available
Sur le web / On the web

Launch of new Confederation of Open Access Repositories website
 
IFLA – New Webpages on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
Podcast – Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Urban Libraries Council, and Canadian War Museum expand collaboration for the delivery of Lest We Forget workshops
Dalhousie University – Remembering Our Fallen Through Archival Records
Rich resources available for finding military records of beloved vets
Mennonite archive of Ontario marks anniversary
Jewish archives founder, author honoured by the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation
Archive acquisition to preserve a piece of Vancouver’s film industry
Historical B.C. newspapers digitized by University of British Columbia Library
Tasting event celebrates University of Guelph archive
Le Groupe d’archivistes de la région de Montréal (GARM) se joint au Réseau des services d’archives du Québec (RAQ)
Afrique / Africa
In Egypt, Director Of Famed Library Of Alexandria Under Fire
Burkina Faso – Calls for France to open its archives for evidence of involvement of the French secret services in the 1987 death of Thomas Sankara
Amériques / Americas
BBC Caribbean archives donated to University of West Indies
La mémoire guatémaltèque sous la garde de la Suisse
Leading North American institutions endorse the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge
U.S. – More than thirty organizations support the Presidential Records Act Amendments 
NARA Launches Initial Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Registry
NARA to launch Citizen Archivist Dashboard
NARA extends its reach via social media
Nixon Grand Jury records and additional records have been released
Holocaust stories pieced together with photos
NAACP Archives Go Digital
Illinois, Indiana archives have top websites
New tool makes Delaware Public Archives searches easier
Ravers and time travellers re-record history
Texas Tech University – Thanks to music archive, show will go on
‘New’ Lincoln documents found
KFC Discovers Unpublished “Food Autobiography” Written by Colonel Sanders Four Decades Ago Hidden in Archive Storage Facility
Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Malaysia – Discussion on access to Archives documents
Japan Earthquake: Libraries to Recover
Rare Chinese papercuts, liberated from University of Michigan storage room, now on display 

Europe / Europa

Pressure mounts to open Sweden’s Stasi archive
Armenia’s National Archives to Publish Genocide Testimonials
Sketches of Hitler and Nazi officials by British artist given access to the dictator’s HQ to go under the hammer
 
IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund Launched
Scottish Freedom of Information watchdog reports 20% boost in appeals
 
UK – Opportunity for archives to help develop a new accreditation standard
How New Labour gave the Royal family exemption from the Freedom of Information Act
 
Parliament Week 2011: Jeremy McIlwaine on the Conservative Party Archive
Tiny Bronte manuscript that introduces world to Jane Eyre character Bertha goes up for auction
France – L’Etat revendique les manuscrits du général de Gaulle
La Préfecture de police signe une convention avec les Archives de France
France – Des archives inédites du procès de Nuremberg confiées à la Maison d’Izieu
France – Les entreprises face aux secrets du passé

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

40 Years Since the Establishment of the Israeli “Black Panther” Movement: New Documents on the Response of Government Institutions
Library of Congress to expand ties with Qatar Foundation 

International