Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
2014 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Question for Library and Archives Canada
Speech by the Librarian and Archivists of Canada – Library as Place
UK National Archives – The UK Government Web Archive: Guidance for Digital and Records Management Teams
Public Record Office Victoria – Victorian Electronic Records Strategy Case Studies
State Records of New South Wales – 2013-2014 Annual Report
2014 Department of Homeland Security Data Mining Report
De la communauté / From the community
Council of Canadian Academies – Leading in the Digital World: Opportunities for Canada’s Memory Institutions
Ontario Council of University Libraries – Report on Accessible Media
PrestoCentre – AV Digitisation and Digital Preservation TechWatch Report, no. 3
Confederation of Open Access Repositories Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance – Briefing Paper on the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation
HathiTrust Digital Library – 2014 Year in Review
University of Melbourne Digital Preservation Strategy 2015-2025: Implementation Roadmaps
University of Connecticut – Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Digital Preservation Policy
South African History Archives – Promotion of Access to Information Act Civil Society Network Shadow Report 2014
Article – The Historical Archive Reborn: Approach and Strategy for the Archive Network (Israel)
Publications
Records Management Journal, vol. 25, no. 1 (March 2015)
Journal of Documentation, vol. 71, no. 2 (2015)
Library Hi Tech, vol. 33, no. 1 (2015)
Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 41, no. 3 (February-March 2015)
Journal of Electronic Publishing, vol. 18, no. 1 (Winter 2015)
Europeana Sounds Newsletter (January 2015)
Ph. D. Thesis – Information Search in Web Archives
Book – Donors and Archives: a Guidebook for Successful Programs
Book – A Cartographic Turn
Book – Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper
Book – Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age
Book – Irish Family History Resources Online
Book – Tracing Your Italian Ancestors
Book – Photo Archives and the Idea of Nation
Livre – Polyptyque: pour une anthropologie communicationnelle des images
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Exhibition – As it is Written: Judaic Treasures from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
January 26 – May 1, 2015, Toronto
Droits d’auteur et législation en muséologie
24 et 25 février 2015, Montréal
Association of Canadian Archivists McGill Student Chapter 7th Annual Winter Colloquium
February 27, 2015, Montreal
Maturing the Organization from Data Transactions to Information Decision Support
March 5, 2015, Ottawa
Colloque Muséologie, Bibliothéconomie, Archivistique
25 mars 2015, Montréal
Exhibition – Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840-1860
February 25 – June 7, 2015, London (UK)
Les archives en Algérie : lieux de formation, lieux de recherche et lieux de pratique
9 juin 2015, Oran
2015 Photographic History Research Centre Annual International Conference
June 22-23, 2015, Leicester (UK)
Restoration of Paper in Books and Archival Documents
July 13 – August 7, 2015, San Gemini (Italy)
Southern African Pasts before the Colonial Era, their Archives and Ongoing Present/Presence
July 16-18, 2015, University of Cape Town
9th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation
21-22 September, 2015, Bristol (UK)
International Internet Preservation Consortium Technical Training Workshop 2015 (Recordings of the Opening Day Available)
January 14-16, 2015, London (UK)
Sur le web / On the web
Vidéo – Guy Berthiaume: Bibliothécaire et archiviste du Canada
Picaguess: a Prototype Crowdsourcing App from from the British Library Big Data Experiment
Video – Archives and Digital Humanities
Dshell: US Army Code For Internal Forensics Framework
International Internet Preservation Consortium – Open Wayback 2.1.0
UK National Archives Podcast – Lines on the Map: Records of International Boundaries
Video – Exposing Library Collections on the Web: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Slidecast – Les Archives en France, un réseau sur les réseaux
Slidecast – The Impact of Digitisation on Photographic Heritage
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Statement from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada following the tabling of Bill C-51 (new national security legislation)
Government’s Cloud Computing Strategy Focused on Keeping Data in Canada
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/01/governments-cloud-computing-strategy-focused-keeping-data-canada/
The federal government has spent $57 million on access to information consultants since 2006
Canada: Records Retention Now an Access Issue
Government of Canada – Leveraging Information Resources of Business Value Identification Beyond Immediate Compliance
Reports Indicate Canada has Caved on Copyright Term Extension in Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/02/reports-indicate-canada-caved-copyright-term-extension-tpp-talks/
Long form census: Conservatives nix revival bid by Liberal MP
Damage from cancelled census as bad as feared, researchers say
Why Canada should reinstate long-form census: Stephen Bede Scharper, associate professor in anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga
Secret 1981 file naming senior diplomat (who served as high commissioner to Canada) as paedophile is released to public by UK National Archives
Architects urge relocating Victims of Communism memorial (to be built next to LAC building)
Site shows how the National Security Agency is collecting information on Canadians
Saskatchewan Archives Show Some Things Never Change
BAnQ invite les professionnels des arts à effectuer un dépôt légal de leurs programmes de spectacles et affiches
Archives Alberta – Creepy Crawly
The Home Archivist: Dust, Mold, and Adhesives (Part I)
Prince Edward Island – Big rock with 1880s etchings made official heritage site
Les collections patrimoniales de la bibliothèque de l’Institut Maurice-Lamontagne sont remises à l’Université du Québec à Rimouski
University of British Columbia Library acquires 800-year-old medieval Papal document
Ryerson University – Cosmetology, Barbering, and Goldsmithing: a look back at Ryerson’s first programs
McMaster University – Hidden gems on display at Mills Library, if you can find them
Using Modularity to Find and Explore Web Archived Communities (from the Canadian Political Party Web Archive)
Forgotten Toronto history: that time an impressive collection of 20th century typography was thrown in the trash
Les archivistes de demain à l’œuvre aujourd’hui aux Archives de Montréal
Prince Albert (Sask.) – Enthusiastic volunteer archivists share their passion
Online open data catalogue aimed at increasing Surrey (B.C.) city’s transparency
Changements à la Société d’histoire de Lanaudière
Lambton County Archives (Ont.) – Local woman finds herself as a child in recently acquired 1940s-era film
Trent Valley Archives (Ont.) asks county council for another $10K for Examiner photo archives project
Arrow Lake Historical Society (B.C.) – 2015 Newsletter
City of Coquitlam (B.C.) wants archive material
Dématique et système électronique d’archivage : principes relatifs à la représentation de l’information
Afrique / Africa
Maroc – Khoya: les archives sonores du patrimoine juif
Congo – Niari : nomination d’un nouveau directeur du Patrimoine et des archives
Mali : les manuscrits de Tombouctou se meurent à Bamako, prévient l’Unesco
Tunisie – Signature d’un accord de coopération entre la bibliothèque nationale et son homologue iranienne
South Africa – Gauteng breaks ground for new archive centre
Memory, mis-memory, and remembering in South Africa
Amériques / Americas
Chile: International Committee of the Red Cross stores DNA in search for missing persons
U.S. President Tweaks the Rules on Data Collection
Library of Congress – Office Opens up with OOXML
Library of Congress – Rosa Parks’ archive opens to the public
National Archives Meets Hollywood: Shares Records Behind The Imitation Game and Unbroken
The Battle for Hollywood Archives
Key Diplomat’s Personal Notebook Sheds Light on Inner Workings of US Government Response to Genocide Unfolding in Rwanda in 1994
Court Views State Secrets Too Narrowly, Government Says
NASA scientist tells CIOs to set realistic expectations for big data
Smithsonian – Only known recording of Alexander Graham Bell on display
Delaware – History Matters: Document unearthed at State Archives offers unique glimpse at slavery in First State
Fire rips through Brooklyn warehouse Saturday, burning city and state records
Missouri Municipal League and State Attorney General’s Office share Sunshine Law information
Virginia – Does Freedom of Information Act cover court records? No, court administrators say
Historians Sift the Ruins for Ferguson’s Legacy
Acquiring Digital Archives in the Field at Princeton University
University of Illinois – Old books, new availability
Emma Goldman Papers Project Faces Uncertain Future
Columbia – Butler digitization transforms access to rare books by Emily Dickinson
University of Missouri – Rift opens over destruction of moldy books
Crowdfunding Access to Archives
Crowdfund this: Campaign to Fund Ambitious Anthology of Independent African American Cinema from 1916-1944
The Long Lost Archives of New York’s Most Glamorous Hotel
A New Archive of Chicago Buildings Goes Beyond the Loop
Site’s archives aim to save the Jewish experience in Pittsburgh
New tools getting Boston Public Library’s old treasures online to millions
Share Your Neighborhood History with Brooklyn’s Digital Archive Project
Ragtime archives given to Heritage Foundation
Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks to be published
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Public Records Office Victoria: Emails are the smoking gun of record keeping
Hong Kong legislature could release files on major controversy from 1996
Hong Kong – Seeking to Save Record of Occupy Central From Destruction
Hong Kong – Studying pests to preserve memories: research into insects may be key to finding out how to maintain heritage items at home
Taiwan – National archives inaugurated in New Taipei
Watch 50 years of Korean cinema for free online at the Korean Film Archive
Vietnam – Pour la préservation des chants folkloriques Vi et Giam
Thailand – Library, national archives, museums enter digital era
China Ancient Books Preservation and Conservation Association is established
Precious manuscripts are at risk in India’s public libraries
India – Digital archive for 200-year-old fauna
Europe / Europa
Fire in major Russian library destroys 1m historic documents: leading scientist speaks of cultural Chernobyl
Up in Flames: how Moscow Can Salvage Damaged Books after Massive Library Blaze
En Allemagne, lire les dossiers de la Stasi peut changer le cours d’une vie
Germany’s Spies Store 11 Billion Pieces of Phone Metadata a Year and Pass on 6 Billion to the National Security Agency
Germany – Sketch of Van Gogh found in friend’s scrapbook
Ministry of Finance: First Czech Ministry to publish its Open Data
Amsterdam Museum – Vintage fashion drawings from the Late 1930s
Belgique – La Fondation Roi Baudouin acquiert les archives de l’écrivain Hugo Claus
Belgique – Une couverture de Tintin vendue 2,5 millions d’euros
France – Les écrits de Turgot vendus 8,5 millions aux Archives nationales
Unique collection of 1,400 recording and playback machines in Paris
France – Ouverture de la plate-forme d’annotation collaborative des Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime
Ireland – Secret Legal Process at Work in Boston College Case
Ireland – Boston College tapes: truth-recovery pie in the sky as long as shadow of arrest looms
National Library of Scotland – Ian Rankin backs Muriel Spark archive fundraising campaign
Scottish independence material set for museum expo
New website on all UK war memorials launched
Digital records take something precious from military history
More sex abuse files found in Whitehall archives
Freedom of Information Act 10 years on: how the legislation changed journalism
Magna Cartas united at British Library to celebrate 800th anniversary
Historians debate charges at Imperial War Museums
Saving Human Knowledge at 800 pages an Hour
How have passport photos changed in 100 years?
How I started: Erin Lee, Archivist, the National Theatre
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
ISIS burning books at Iraq libraries and loading artifacts onto refrigerated trucks at night, residents say
Mossoul : les islamistes ont-ils commis le pire autodafé de l’histoire ?
Turkey – Erdogan, Ottoman Archives, and the Armenian Genocide
Ancient tablets disclose Jewish exiles’ life in Babylonia
UNESCO head nixes ‘offensive, unacceptable’ Palestine poster collection
International
Un projet de modélisation pour la description archivistique : présentation des travaux en cours du Conseil international des archives
Ged versus archivage électronique : concurrents ou complémentaires ?
Fujifilm’s releases interactive website that lets you test out X-mount lenses
The challenges of archiving the online world
Software that can publish every draft of a book simultaneously shows the true beauty of the creative process
Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job
What Happens to Historians’ Papers After They Die?
MyHeritage Adds 900 Million Records to its Global Digital Archive
Google Inc (GOOG) Changes Priorities with Regards to Archival Projects
Open Preservation Foundation to provide sustainable home for JHOVE
http://openpreservation.org/news/open-preservation-foundation-to-provide-sustainable-home-for-jhove/
Preserving progress for future generations
Twitter Reaches Deal to Show Tweets in Google Search Results
Getting Big Impact from Big Data
Bibliothèques et humanités numériques
Projet de mode d’emploi sur les humanités numériques