Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
British Columbia – Government Records Service Transitory Records Guide
Archives New Zealand – Records Management Standard for the New Zealand Public Sector
See also: http://livenews.co.nz/2014/05/16/new-records-management-standard-simplifies-recordkeeping/
National Library of New Zealand – Collection Use and Reuse Policy
UK National Archives – Guidance on Cloud Storage and Digital Preservation (and five Case studies)
Archives de France – Rapport Annuel 2013
De la communauté / From the community
Open Letter – Fulfill the promise of the Innovation Union: European Libraries, Archives and Research Institutions Need Balanced Copyright Laws
Coalition of Transparency Organizations – Model Federal Freedom of Information Act Regulations
Pew Internet – The Internet of Things will Thrive by 2025
Article – Conscripting Canada’s Past: the Harper Government and the Politics of Memory
Article – La féminisation des professions de documentation et du patrimoine: les femmes archivistes (1906-1990)
Publications
Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 42, no. 1 (2014)
D-Lib Magazine, vol. 20, no. 5-6 (May-June 2014)
Library Hi Tech, vol. 32, no. 2 (2014)
OCLC Research Quarterly, no. 12 (2014)
Library and Archives Canada – Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World, vol. 4, no. 11 (May 2014)
Maple Ridge Historical Society (B.C.) Family History Newsletter (May 2014)
Book – New Collecting: Exhibiting and Audiences after New Media Art
Book – From Antiquities to Heritage: Transformations of Cultural Memory
Book – Treasures from the Royal Archives
Book – Historical Dictionary of Librarianship
Book – The Survey of Library & Museum Digitization Projects, 2014 Edition
Book – An American Odyssey: Photos from the Detroit Photographic Company, 1888-1924
Book – Are Libraries Obsolete? an Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age
Livre – Vers la fin des librairies ?
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Free Webinar – How do you Create a Master Archive Package (MAP) for the Preservation of Digital Archive Film?
May 27, 2014
Massive Open Online Course – Digital Art & Culture
June 4-6, 2014
Archives des savoirs: problèmes et enjeux
19-21 juin, 2014, Genève
Applying New Digital Methods to the Humanities
June 27, 2014, London
1st International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data
September 1, 2014, Leipzig (Germany)
4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World
September 4-6, 2014, Limerick (Ireland)
http://libereurope.eu/the-4th-international-symposium-on-information-management-in-a-changing-world/
International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries
September 8-12, 2014, London
Sur le web / On the web
Video – The Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre
International Federation of Television Archives – Private and Public Movie Archives: Preservation and Valorization (Video)
British Library – Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians
See also: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/15/british-library-launches-discovering-literature-website
British Library – Crowdsourcing Comic Art
Video – Information+Visualization: Ambiguous Interfaces
Creative Commons – Launch of the Open Policy Network
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Canada Seeks Input on Open Government
Thousands of pages of parliamentary records set to go public
Residential school survivors fear testimony could be made public
For Canada’s Spies, your Data is Just a Phone Call Away
The first case to cite a law blog for legal analysis in Canada
Library and Archives Canada turns ten
Looking Back at Royal Tours at the Nova Scotia Archives
Informatisation de la justice: le Québec court vers la catastrophe
BAnQ Saguenay dévoile des fonds de cartes, plans et dessins architecturaux sur la toile
BAnQ – La Grande Bibliothèque atteint les 25 millions de visiteurs
Library maps out Toronto’s literary neighbourhoods
Québec – Une notaire qui divulgue ce qui permet l’utilisation de sa signature numérique commet une faute déontologique
Don d’archives – Renseignements personnels des citoyens: Houda-Pepin se défend
Placentia Area Historical Society (Newfoundland) – Basque Will Event held
Calgary – Keeping living history afloat: running Heritage Park an enjoyable, challenging task
New Westminster (B.C.) looking for wartime memories for unveiling of ‘Wait for Me Daddy’ memorial
Coquitlam (B.C.) moves ahead with city archives
Victoria – Collector starts own label to help preserve rare recordings
Association des archivistes du Québec – Twitter: Archiver les médias sociaux (Partie 3)
The Provincial Archive (music band) announce UK tour
Afrique / Africa
Mali – UNESCO and European Union undertake to reconstruct the cultural heritage of Timbuktu
Tunisie – Mohamed Rouissi : des cadres du ministère de l’Intérieur ont détruit des archives
Maroc – Comment l’Etat gère les archives des notaires
Amériques / Americas
Brazil – Magnificent 19th-Century Library Shelves 350,000 Books
NARA’s Cartographic Division holdings include approximately 125,000 Railroad Valuation Maps
Alaska – Anchorage’s federal archives facility to close next month
NARA – Digitization of Alaska Records
CIA wins secrecy for Bay of Pigs history
Rare footage of Franklin D. Roosevelt walking found in Pennsykvania archives
1939 letter found, plea to Franklin D. Roosevelt to save Jewish kids
Should Irish college have kept Jackie Kennedy’s letters private?
NBC News launches legal bid to obtain Boston College interview tapes
Boston College reflects on missteps in Northern Ireland project
Interview: State Library of Louisiana
Meet the Man who Preserved Decades of NBA History
Metropolitan Museum Initiative Provides Free Access to 400,000 Digital Images
Detroit Creditors Not Allowed to Remove Art, Judge Rules
Pat Conroy manuscripts being archived at University of South Carolina
University of California, Berkeley – An online archive sheds light on WWII Japanese-American internment
University of Missouri professor leads students on trip to help with Mandela archive
University of Southern California Digital Repository shapes the future of archiving
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Smithsonian acquires archives of Mr. Wizard, Don Herbert
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Merging cultural institutions would be disastrous, say former directors
Ask a librarian: connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia
State Library of New South Wales creating the largest collection of digitised newspapers in Australia
New Zealand – Musical treasures in disc collection
Taiwan – Taipei antique expert finds treasure amid junk
China’s cultural relics preservation goes digital
La Corée du Sud à la recherche des archives de la division iner-coréenne
Europe / Europa
Visit of José Manuel Barroso to the Historical Archives of the European Union
Ukrainian authorities seek access to ex-prosecutor Pshonka’s archives
Norway to open war treason archives
Files Uncovered: Nazi Veterans Created Illegal Army
Réouverture de la bibliothèque emblématique de Sarajevo
Malta – National Archives and University sign collaboration agreement
Gibraltar’s History Goes Digital
Rachmaninov manuscript sells for £1.2m
Back in the USSR: my life as a ‘spy’ in the archives
France – Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication s’engage en faveur des licences ouvertes
France – Fermeture des archives de Fontainebleau : une mission pour gérer la crise
National Library of Wales management ‘no confidence’ threat
Royal Archive documents revealed at Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace title deed from 1763 on display at Windsor Castle
UK reacts to Google ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling
Now ministers try to censor news archives by making website remove stories about criminal past of people facing trial
UK National Archives – Digital by default
UK National Archives – Managing information: are you game?
The Foreign and Commonwealth ‘Special Collection’ Archives in pictures
Chatham House Archives published online
John Lennon Sketches, Poems Go on Sale at Sotheby’s Auction
Digitising the Wellcome Library’s Medieval Manuscripts
Aberdeen City – Archives of historical significance to go on show
All honour to you: the forgotten letters sent from occupied France
First world war diaries reveal ‘sports’ played in the trenches
War poets’ comrade rare photos found
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Iraq Embassy – Statement on Extension of Iraqi Jewish Archive Exhibit
Project Showcase: Israel State Archives publication on 1979 Egypt/Israel peace treaty
International
Comparing Formats for Still Image Digitizing: Part Two
Is there a (digital) afterlife for your AV Collection?
Forget ‘the Cloud’; ‘the Fog’ Is Tech’s Future
Comité International de la Croix-Rouge : rencontre avec Marie Mériaux Alleman (archiviste)
World War I in Photos: Animals at War
Second world war in Google Street View
How Games can Help with the Burden of Digitizing Archived Material
Writers’ notebooks: a junkyard of the mind
What is Information Management?