Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Ukrainian Archival Records at the Provincial Archives of Alberta: An Annotated Guide
Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Alberta and British Columbia – Cloud Computing for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Privacy Responsibilities and Considerations
De la communauté / From the community
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems – Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) (Issue 2)
Review of Digital Curation Center Tools and Guidance
National Library of the Netherlands – EPUB for archival preservation
Association of Canadian Women Composers Archivist’s Memoir (1982-2011)
Australian Society of Archivists submission on the Australian Heritage Strategy consultation paper
Publications
Research Library Issues, no. 279, June 2012 (Special Issue on Special Collections and Archives in the Digital Age)
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, vol. 24, no. 2 (2012)
Archival Connections: Newsletter of the Catholic Archivist Group, vol. 9, no. 2 (June 2012)
Passim: bulletin des Archives littéraires suisses, no. 10 (2012)
Book – Introduction to Information Science
Livre – Usages et usagers de l’information : quelles pratiques hier et aujourd’hui ?
Livre – L’Ère post-média: Humanités digitales et Cultures numériques
Book – The Researcher’s Guide to Using British Archives
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
2012 Catholic Archivist Group Conference
24-27 September 2012, Montreal
International Conference on Open Repositories 2013
July 2013, Charlottetown
DLM Forum: Information Governance across Europe Members meeting (presentations available)
May/June 2012, Copenhagen
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada – Wahkotowin: Aboriginal Imprints in Canadian Heritage online toolkit
Spreadsheet – Tweets at the Archives Association of Ontarion annual conference
Video – Les Centres d’archives de Bibliothèque et Archives nationale du Québec
Video – Archiving Large Swaths of Digital Content: Lessons from Archiving the Occupy Movement
Slidecast – Coordination of the Digital Cultural Heritage in Sweden
Outils / Tools
Dewey Decimal Classification Released as Linked Data at Dewey.info
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Copyright bill finally clears Commons
Spy dossiers on Diefenbaker and Pearson destroyed in late 1980s, records show
Prime Minister nominates next Parliamentary Librarian
Newfoundland – Protesters demand repeal of access to information act changes
Newfoundland closer to electronic health record
Trials and Titillation in Toronto: A Virtual Tour of the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives
Vancouver – Museum displays Citizen Wall boards as an archive of different sentiments
Thirty-ton book collection set to be burned in Saskatoon
La Cinémathèque québécoise met le Centre d’archives publicitaires à la rue
Afrique / Africa
Namibia – Tablet PCs preserve indigenous knowledge
Amériques / Americas
Info agencies built on paper shift to meet demands of digital age
Veteran Affairs would need a staff of 4,000 to scan all its backlogged paper records
CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file with details about funding woes before 9/11
Internet Archive Sues to Stop New Washington State Law
Announcing Five National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Award Winners
Karen Cariani Talks about Public Television Archives and the NDSA Infrastructure Working Group
Joe Smith Donates Recorded Interviews with Music’s Who’s Who to the Library of Congress
Deep Throat’s FBI File Released
Maryland State Archives in need of space, collection is 1 of the largest in the country
Annals of bad luck: when primary, backup, and second backup power fail
Indiana University media historian’s find in stacks at Wells Library could represent oldest record in world
Water leak ruins valuable Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s archives
New York – The Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Constant Affirmation That You Exist
Tower Records Founder Turning Disbanded Chain into Archive
Participatory Archives: Moving Beyond Description
Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific
India – Archival Resource Center inaugurated in New Delhi
Malaysia – Forming Of Records Management Committee At All Agencies Proposed
Europe / Europa
Denmark drops reform of EU access to documents rules as disagreements prove insurmountable
Switzerland – Montreux festival archive records a hit with UNESCO
Malta – National Archives conservation laboratory opened
Pope looks for new Librarian
France – La Vendée en images: 10.000 illustrations en ligne dont 7000 cartes postales
Ireland – James Joyce Manuscripts Online
United Kingdom proposes massive archive of citizens’ Internet activity
UK – The National Archives launches new diversity education bursary
Bletchley Park digital archive hits 15,000 record mark
UK – Council rejects archive clearout claims at Manchester Central Library
International
Future U: Rise of the digital humanities
Harvesting and Preserving the Future Web: Replay and Scale Challenges
Music evolution: Is this the end of the composer?
“Cloud! Unless …” – pros and cons of cloud technology
OCLC adds Linked Data to WorldCat.org