Hi / Bonjour
In the coming weeks, there will be disturbances in the publication of my newsletter as I will be outside Canada. / Dans les prochaines semaines, il y aura des perturbations dans la publication de mon bulletin de nouvelles comme je serai à l’extérieur du Canada.
David.
Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
White House – U.S. Open Data Action Plan
Library of Congress – Federal Government Strategic Sourcing of Information Products and Services
De la communauté / From the community
Free e-Book – Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada
Friends of the District of Columbia Archives – Testimony Before the Committee on Government Operations of the D.C.
Publications
Archival Science, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2014)
The Chronicle: Newsletter of the Museum and Archives of B.C., vol. 20, no. 2 (May-August 2014)
Grand Erie District School Board (Ont.) Archives Newsletter, no. 2 (Spring 2014)
Book – The Map Thief: the Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
Book – The Newton Papers: the Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts
Book – The Museum Effect: How Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilize Society
Book – The Copyright Book: a Practical Guide (6th edition)
Book – Linked Data Management
Book – Information Governance and Assurance: Reducing Risk, Promoting Policy
Book – British and Irish Newspapers
Book – Menachem Begin (from the Israel State Archives)
Livre – Mémoires audiovisuelles: les archives en ligne ont-elles un sens ?
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services Doors Open
May 24, 2014, Toronto
City of Toronto Archives Doors Open
May 24, 2014, Toronto
A Lens to the Past: the Andrews-Newton Digital Access Project
May 29, 2014, Ottawa
Webinar – How to Pick the Low Hanging Fruits of Linked Data
May 21, 2014
Workflows and Lifecycle Models for Data Management
June 20, 2014, London
Mémoire collective et migrations
20 juin 2014, Paris
Failure in the Archives
October 30, 2014, London
2014 Depository Library Council Meeting and Conference (Recordings and Presentations Available)
April 30 – May 2, 2014, Washington, D.C.
Presentation: http://www.fdlp.gov/file-repository/outreach/events/depository-library-council-dlc-meetings/2014-meeting-proceedings
Sur le web / On the web
Izitru: Free Image Hosting that can Prove your Photo is Real
Video – NARA’s Revised Transfer Guidance: from Planning to Practice
Video – How Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art Was Finally Found
UK National Archives Podcast – Big Ideas: Sense and Sensitivity (a New Way to Review for Sensitivity the Vast Swathes of Data and Preserve that Which has Historical Value)
Petition – Protect the Andhra Pradesh State Archives (India) and Government Oriental Manuscripts Library
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Long-form census: internal survey blasts feds for missing database
Access to Information request results in redaction of name of British PM on official visit to Canada
Appointment of New Copyright Board of Canada Chair Offers Chance for Change
Alberta Privacy commissioner to examine compliance of mobile apps
Le traité de Paris sera exposé à Québec: le document cédant le Canada à l’Angleterre quittera pour la première fois les archives françaises
University of Saskatchewan to close four campus libraries
University of Saskatchewan Dean Fired Over Opposition to Plan That Cuts Libraries
The University of British Columbia Library Digitization Centre Joins The Commons
Bagotville Air Defence Museum Receives Donation of Avro Arrow Parts and Archive Documents
Centre du patrimoine de Saint-Boniface – Le procès de Louis Riel
Patrimoine littéraire québécois au bout des doigts
La bibliothèque de Victor-Lévy Beaulieu aux enchères
Northumberland County Archives (Ont.) to reopen following January flood
Les archives du Témiscouata de retour au… Témiscouata
Société d’histoire et d’archéologie du Témiscouata – Un nouveau fonds d’archives sur la cartonnerie est inauguré
Rimouski – Le policier Robert Gagnon regroupe ses 38 années d’archives
Afrique / Africa
Swaziland – Prime Minister submits wedding recordings at National Archives
Interview with an intern in the South African Broadcasting Corporation Radio Archives: Akhona Quwe
L’Algérie reçoit les archives du moudjahid Reimar Holzinger
Groupe de travail franco-algérien sur les archives
Amériques / Americas
Former NSA Director: We Kill People Based on Metadata
The Nixon Presidential Library Needs a New Director, Now
The Library of Congress Wants to Destroy your Old CDs (For Science)
Jacqueline Kennedy’s newly discovered personal letters reveal 14 years of secrets
Californians to vote on cost of public records
Historians fear Boston tapes controversy will damage research into the Troubles
Gerry Adams Arrest a Wake-Up Call for Oral Historians
University of Texas – Ransom Center to acquire Ian McEwan archives, pending approval
New York – Your Building on an Index Card: where Paper Real Estate Records Still Rule
Texas – 2 Nacogdoches history projects working to archive, digitize old home movies
http://www.ktre.com/story/25435222/2-nacogdoches-history-projects-working-to-archive-old-home-movies
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin: ‘Why I still use DOS’
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Archives are a gold mine for rock researchers
Obituary – Victoria Denenberg, NFL Films archivist
Welcoming Creative Commons’ new CEO, Ryan Merkley
Software, Digital Art, Data Curation & Archives! The 2014 National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Innovation Award Winners
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Claws out at the National Library
Australian Museum opens archives to show off weird and wonderful
Australia – Sydney: Push forward for GLBTI archival space
Sri Lanka – National Film Archives: realizing a long awaited dream
Japan city seeks UN recognition for kamikaze pilot letters
India – National Museum opens sepia photo exhibition of its birth and growth
Europe / Europa
European court says Google must respect ‘right to be forgotten’
What Europe’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Means for Google (and You)
Latvia – KGB files: public after 2018
Beautiful Color Photographs of Life in Pre-revolutionary Russia, 1909-1915
National Library of Spain transforms the user experience of Linked Open Data
Finland – Parliament tackles copyright initiative
Suisse – Confier l’archivage numérique de ses données à la Confédération
France – Un manuscrit disparu de Pétain refait surface
France – Le manuscrit du “Voyage au bout de la nuit” publié
Ex-IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe: I’ll sue Boston College for handing over tapes
Queen Victoria diaries exhibited
Foreign Office secrecy continues over archive of illegally held files
Films of UK army interrogations in Iraq ‘show the good, the bad and the ugly’
Heritage heroes wanted to unlock Shropshire archives’ treasures
Shrewsbury school discovers mysterious John Ruskin letter
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Endangered Archives program opens up priceless Palestinian heritage
UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus
Experts call to preserve Qatar’s recent history
Turkey – Izmir’s National Library pushes its limits
International
After 18 years, Internet archive site amasses 410 billion web pages
Librarians, Archivists: why an International Solution is Needed for Copyright Exceptions
What is a book? not just a bag of words, but a thing held by human hands
Reading in Restraint: the Last Chained Libraries
The fight to save endangered ebooks: libraries take on the tricky question of digital preservation
Comparing Formats for Still Image Digitizing: Part One